magistracy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ma·gis·tra·cy /ˈmædʒəstrəsi/ noun [uncountable] 1. SCTthe official position of a magistrate, or the time during which someone has this position 治安法官的职位[任期]，地方法官的职位[任期]2. the magistracy SCTmagistrates considered together as a group 治安法官，地方法官〔总称〕
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magistracy• What actually happened was that a less doctrinaire magistracy put local taxes up in order to provide bread for poor families.• Throughout the six years which have intervened these charges have remained in the magistracy, the subject of successive remands.• Here too wealth and power were concentrated in the hands of the magistracy, the clergy and the landed aristocracy.• The result was particularly disappointing, given the fact that the magistracy had already been purged by both Charles and James.ma·gis·tra·cy nounChineseSyllable
the position or time Corpus the official of during magistrate, a
magistracy
ma‧gis‧tra‧cy /ˈmædʒəstrəsi, ˈmædʒɪstrəsi/
noun [uncountable]
1. the official position of a magistrate, or the time during which someone has this position
2. the magistracy magistrates considered together as a group
ma‧gis‧tra‧cy /ˈmædʒəstrəsi, ˈmædʒɪstrəsi/
noun [uncountable]1. the official position of a magistrate, or the time during which someone has this position
2. the magistracy magistrates considered together as a group