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Adjective: magisterial  ,ma-ji'steer-ee-ul
  1. Of or relating to a magistrate
    "official magisterial functions"
     
  2. Used of a person's appearance or behaviour; befitting an eminent person
    "she reigned in magisterial beauty";
    - distinguished, grand, imposing
     
  3. Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
    "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way";
    - autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty [informal], peremptory

See also: dignified, domineering

Encyclopedia: Magisterial