See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

MASTER (See also:

• LAT

Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister is to minus, less; the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. See also:

• MAISTRE, JOSEPH DE (1754-1821)
• MAISTRE, XAVIER DE (1763-1852)

maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. See also:

• MAESTRO

maestro)  , one holding a position of authority, disposition or See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control over persons or things . The various applications of the word fall roughly into the following See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main divisions; as the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of the holder of a position of command or authority; as that of the holder of certain public or private offices, and hence a title of address; and as implying the relationship of a teacher to his pupils or of an employer to the persons he employs . As a title of the holder of an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, the use of the See also:

• LAT

Lat. magister is very See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient . Magister equitum, See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, goes back to the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic (see See also:

• DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)

DICTATOR; and for the See also:

• BRITISH

British office, MASTER OF THE HORSE) . In See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval times the title was of See also:

• GREAT

great frequency . In Du Cange (Glossarium) the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article magister contains over 120 sub-headings . In the British royal See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household most of the offices bearing this title are now obsolete . Of the greater offices, that of master of the buckhounds was abolished by the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

List See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1901 . The master of the household, master of the ceremonies, master of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• MUSIC

music still survive . Since 187o the office of master of the See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint has been held by the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer, all the administrative and other duties being exercised by the See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy master . At See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, a " master " is more properly styled " master mariner." In the See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant service he is the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of a See also:

• SHIP

ship, and is by See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy known as the See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain . In the British See also:

• NAVY

navy he was the officer entrusted with the See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation under the captain .

He had no royal See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, but a See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant from the Navy See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board . Very often he had been a merchant captain . His duties are now performed by the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff commander or navigating See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant . The master-at-arms is the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• INTERNAL

internal See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police of a ship; the same title is See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by a See also:

• SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior gymnastic instructor in the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . In -the See also:

• UNITED

United States navy, the master is a commissioned officer below the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of lieutenant . " Master " appears as the title of many legal functionaries (for the masters of the supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court see See also:

• CHANCERY

CHANCERY; and KING'S See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

BENCH, COURT OF; for masters in lunacy see See also:

• INSANITY (from Lat. in, not, and sanus, sound)

INSANITY: § See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law; see also MASTER OF THE ROLLS, below) . The " master of the faculties " is the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief officer of the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of Canter-See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

bury in his court of faculties . His duties are concerned with the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of notaries and the granting of See also:

• SPECIAL

special licences of See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . The duties are performed ex officio by the See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the provincial courts of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury and See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, who is also See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

Arches, in accordance with § 7 of the Public See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

Worship Regulation Act 1874 . The " master of the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple " is the title of the See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest-in-See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the Temple See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church in See also:

• LONDON

London . It was formerly the title of the See also:

• GRAND

grand master of the Knights See also:

• TEMPLARS

Templars . The priest-in-charge of the Templars' Church was properly styled the custos, and this was preserved by the Knights Hospitallers when they were granted the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the Templars at the See also:

• DISSOLUTION (from Lat. dissolvere, to break up into parts)

dissolution of that See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order .

The act of 1S4o (32 See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VIII.), which dissolved the order of the Hospitallers, wrongly styled the custos master of the Temple, and the See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake has been continued . The proper title of a bencher of the Inns of Court is " master of the Bench " (see INNS OF COURT) . The title of " Master-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General of the See also:

• ORDNANCE (a syncopated form of " ordinance " or " ordonnance," so spelt in this sense since the 17th century)

Ordnance " was revived in 2904 for the head of the Ordnance See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department in the British military See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . " Master " is the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary word for a teacher, very generally used in the See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound " schoolmaster." The word also is used in a sense transferred from this to See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express the relation between the founder of a school of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, See also:

• ART

art, &c., and his disciples . It is partly in this sense and partly in that of one whose See also:

• WORK

work serves as a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model or type of superlative excellence that such terms as " old masters " are used . In medieval See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities magister was particularly applied to one who had been granted a degree carrying with it the licentia docendi, the See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence to See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English usage this survives in the See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of arts . The degree is that of artium magister, master of arts, abbreviated M.A . In the other faculties the corresponding degree is See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor . Some British universities give a master's degree in See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery, magister chirurgiae, C.M. or M.Ch., and also in science) magister scientiae, M.Sc . The See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic use of " master " as the title of the head of certain colleges at the universities of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford and See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge is to be referred to the frequent application of the See also:

• TERM

term to the holder of a presiding office in an institution . Master was the usual prefix of address to a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's name, though originally confined to See also:

• PEOPLE

people of some social See also:

• STANDING

standing .

Probably under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of " See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress," it was corrupted in See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound to " mister," and was abbreviated to " Mr." In the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of the See also:

• PUISNE (from O. Fr. puisne, modern puine, later born, inferior; Lat. postea, afterwards, and natus, born)

puisne See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges of the High Court " Mr See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice " is still used as the proper See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of written address .