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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
magisterial
    adj 1: of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial
           functions"
    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" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-
       mighty, magisterial, peremptory]
    3: 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" [syn:
       distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Magisterial \Mag`is*te"ri*al\, a. [L. magisterius magisterial.
   See Master.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in
      authority; having the manner of a magister; official;
      commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing;
      dictatorial; dogmatic.
      [1913 Webster]

            When magisterial duties from his home
            Her father called.                    --Glover.
      [1913 Webster]

            We are not magisterial in opinions, nor,
            dictator-like, obtrude our notions on any man. --Sir
                                                  T. Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

            Pretenses go a great way with men that take fair
            words and magisterial looks for current payment.
                                                  --L'Estrange.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Alchem. & Old Chem.) Pertaining to, produced by, or of
      the nature of, magistery. See Magistery, 2.
      [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Authoritative; stately; august; pompous; dignified;
        lofty; commanding; imperious; lordly; proud; haughty;
        domineering; despotic; dogmatical; arrogant.

   Usage: Magisterial, Dogmatical, Arrogant. One who is
          magisterial assumes the air of a master toward his
          pupils; one who is dogmatical lays down his positions
          in a tone of authority or dictation; one who is
          arrogant insults others by an undue assumption of
          superiority. Those who have long been teachers
          sometimes acquire, unconsciously, a manner which
          borders too much on the magisterial, and may be
          unjustly construed as dogmatical, or even arrogant.
          [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Magisterial:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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