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Meaning of 'magisterial'
Meaning of 'magisterial' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Magisterial 
[ a.]
- Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in
authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding;
authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic. [ a.]- Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2.
Meaning of 'magisterial' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. magisterial [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- of or relating to a magistrate
- of or relating to a magistrate
Example in sentence:
- official magisterial functions
2. magisterial [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
- offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Example in sentence:
- a bossy way of ordering others around;
- a rather aggressive and dominating character;
- a swaggering peremptory manner;
- an autocratic person;
- autocratic behavior;
- managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
Meaning (3):
- used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
- used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
Example in sentence:
- his distinguished bearing;
- she reigned in magisterial beauty;
- the monarch's imposing presence
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