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magisterial

ma·gis·te·rial

UK/madʒɪˈstɪəɹɪəl/ US/ˌmædʒɪˈstiriʌl/ uncommon

adjective

1.

of or pertaining to romantic love

2.

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 magisterial way”
  • “a swaggering peremptory manner”
3.

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

  • “his distinguished bearing”
  • “the monarch”
  • “;”

Origin

From Late Latin magisterialis, from Latin magisterium.

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