măgistĕrĭum — Lewis & Short
măgistĕrĭum, ii, n.magister,
I the office of a president, chief, director, superintendent, etc. (class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
dictaturā ac magisterio equitum honorata familia,Suet. Tib. 3:
morum,i. e. the censorship, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 46: me magisteria delectant a majoribus instituta (sc. conviviorum), the custom of having a master or president at feasts, id. Sen. 14, 46:
collegii,Suet. Dom. 4:
sacerdotii,id. Calig. 22:
pedestre,the office of a commander of infantry, Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.—Transf., of dogs: inter se exercent etiam magisteria, the post of leader (in hunting), Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 148.—
B In partic., the office of tutor or instructor of youth, tutorship, guardianship (very rare):
jam excessit mi aetas ex magisterio tuo,I have now outgrown your tutorship, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 44.—
II Trop., teaching, instruction, advice:
virtute id factum, et magisterio tuo,Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 32:
vana,Tib. 1, 4, 84:
novum,method, Cels. 5, 27, 2.