magisterial | ||
1. | [ adjective ] offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power | |
Synonyms: | peremptory bossy high-and-mighty dominating autocratic | |
Examples: | "an autocratic person" "autocratic behavior" "a bossy way of ordering others around" "a rather aggressive and dominating character" "a swaggering peremptory manner" |
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Related terms: | domineering | |
2. | [ adjective ] of or relating to a magistrate | |
Examples: | "official magisterial functions" |
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Related terms: | judge | |
3. | [ adjective ] used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person | |
Synonyms: | distinguished imposing | |
Examples: | "his distinguished bearing" "the monarch's imposing presence" "she reigned in magisterial beauty" |
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Related terms: | dignified | |
Similar spelling: |
magisterially magistrate magistracy mass_hysteria magistrature majestically |