magister old term for a learned academic or university teacher A scholar and composer with royal connections , also holding the title abbot of Fearn , he was exposed to the teachings of Erasmus and Luther at the University of Paris where ( 1520 ) he was a ' magister ' i.e. master . It often also requires them to assume the role of facilitators within the language learning environment , rather than that of the old ' magister ' . At the court of Louis VII , there was Mainier , a lawyer , whose name was prefaced by the title magister , meaning that he had received a licentia docendi , a licence to teach .