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   magisterial

   /ˌmadʒɪˈstɪərɪəl/

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing great authority: "a magisterial pronouncement" Similar authoritativemasterfullordlyjudge-like
   • ▪ domineering; dictatorial: "he dropped his somewhat magisterial style of questioning" Similar domineeringdictatorialautocraticimperiousbossyoverbearingperemptorypompousloftyoverweeninghigh-handedarroganthaughtyconfidentself-confidentoverconfidentsuperciliouspatronizingOpposite hesitanttentative
   • 2. relating to a magistrate: "magisterial districts"
   • ▪ (of a person) holding the office of a magistrate: "magisterial officers"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from medieval Latin magisterialis, from late Latin magisterius, from Latin magister ‘master’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. magisterially adverb

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