great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; " a good command of French"

power to dominate or defeat; " mastery of the seas"

the act of mastering or subordinating someone

The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.

Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.

Contest for superiority.

A masterly operation; a feat.

Specifically, the philosopher's stone.

The act process of mastering; the state of having mastered.

Dominion; superiority or triumph in war or competition; display of skill.

The power or authority of a master: dominion: victory: superiority: the attainment of superior power or skill.

Dominion; superiority; eminent skill.

Dominion; superiority; victory.

Pre- eminence; victory; eminent skill; attainment of skill or power; dominion.

Rule; superiority; victory; eminent skill.

Wilhelm had walked silently behind the other two, for his heart was deeply stirred, joy and sorrow were striving for the mastery – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

It is anything at all- anything that you can make your own by your mastery of its every angle. – Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page

Nor was there a lack of justification; for when they came down to his shouts in the passage, they hushed, and held a finger aloft, and looked altogether so unlike what they aimed at being, that Wilfrid's sense of mastery became almost contempt. – The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

It takes full mastery of the Prime Field, but you've got that. – The Galaxy Primes by Edward Elmer Smith

Strange that the characteristics of a writer so born and brought up should have been so essentially English; not merely from his mastery over our language, but from his keen and profound sympathy with all that concerned the literary and political history of our country at its most important epoch. – Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Isaac D'Israeli

With a face in which shyness, nervousness, pride, and defiance strove for the mastery Rona approached Lord Glyncraig. – For the Sake of the School by Angela Brazil

You, that were formed for mastery in war. – The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian by John Dryden

Greek art moves on through a long course of technical accomplishment, of ever- increasing mastery over materials and methods. –  by

Mrs. Lee sat still and let things take their course; a dangerous expedient, as thousands of women have learned, for it leaves them at the mercy of the strong will, bent upon mastery – Democracy An American Novel by Henry Adams

It was this fear that gave her self- mastery – Franklin Kane by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

The boy's arch glance swept the other's face, so definitely stamped with the habit of mastery – From the Car Behind by Eleanor M. Ingram

Nevertheless, I was slowly gaining the mastery – The Betrayal by E. Phillips Oppenheim

I, too, had him for my worst enemy, Since I gained mastery o'er Pelides' arms. – The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

Fears and hopes alternately gaining the mastery she in vain endeavoured to calm her agitation. – Won from the Waves by W.H.G. Kingston

Young man, are you letting some secret sin get the mastery over you, binding you hand and foot? – Sowing and Reaping by Dwight Moody

Still, on the eastern borders of what was called civilization, Turk and Christian were contending for the mastery – Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete by John Lothrop Motley

The love which consumed her for him raged in her as hatred; and hatred is born into perfect mastery of its weapons. – Bride of the Mistletoe by James Lane Allen

Vincent Burgess, if you want to win a Master's Degree, win to the Mastery of Manhood first. – A Master's Degree by Margaret Hill McCarter

Women's love is fierce enough, if it once gets the mastery of them, always; but this poor girl does not know what to do with a passion. – The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

Truly the Mastery comes very near to such as he. – A Master's Degree by Margaret Hill McCarter