magisterial

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magisterial Definition

• (a) of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial functions"
• (s) offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisteri
• (s) used of a person''s appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch''s imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"

magisterial Synonyms

• autocratic
• bossy
• distinguished
• dominating
• high-and-mighty
• imposing
• magisterial
• peremptory