magisterial
ma·gis·te·rial
adjective
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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