Definitions for magisterial

Definitions for (adj) magisterial

Main entry: magisterial, grand, imposing, distinguished

Definition: used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

Usage: his distinguished bearing; the monarch's imposing presence; she reigned in magisterial beauty


Main entry: peremptory, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, bossy, autocratic

Definition: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

Usage: an autocratic person; autocratic behavior; a bossy way of ordering others around; a rather aggressive and dominating character; managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way; a swaggering peremptory manner


Main entry: magisterial

Definition: of or relating to a magistrate

Usage: official magisterial functions


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