magistracy
ma·gis·tra·cy/ˈmæd͡ʒəstɹəsi/noun
magistracy is a noun meaning “The dignity or office of a magistrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-G-I-S-T-R-A-C-Y and has 4 syllables (ma·gis·tra·cy), and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of magistracy is magistracies.
What does magistracy mean?
noun
- 1
The dignity or office of a magistrate.
- 2
The collective body of magistrates.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce magistracy?
- UK /ˈmæd͡ʒɪstɹəsi/
- US /ˈmæd͡ʒəstɹəsi/
Magistracy has 4 syllables, split ma·gis·tra·cy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-magistracy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of magistracy
- magistracies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is magistracy?
Magistracy appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Magistracy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dignity or office of a magistrate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | magistratura |
| Spanish | magistratura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does magistracy come from?
From magistrate + -cy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).