GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Magistrate , n. [L. magistratus, fr. magister master: cf. F. magistrat. See Master.] A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it. “All Christian rulers and magistrates.” 
   Book of Com. Prayer.
   
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   Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state resides; others are subordinate.
   Blackstone.
   
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