Mag"is*trate (?), 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.
Of magistrates some also are
supreme, in whom the sovereign power of the state
resides; others are subordinate. Blackstone.
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