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English
Etymology
From un- + magistrate.
Verb
unmagistrate (third-person singular simple present unmagistrates, present participle unmagistrating, simple past and past participle unmagistrated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To strip of the office or authority of magistrate.
1649, J M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: , London: Matthew Simmons, , published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC:[the government] might, if they saw cause , take all power , authority , and the sword out of his hand , which in effect is to unmagistrate him
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