Adjective: magisterial ,ma-ji'steer-ee-ul
- Of or relating to a magistrate
"official magisterial functions"
- Used of a person's appearance or behaviour; befitting an eminent person
"she reigned in magisterial beauty";
- distinguished, grand, imposing
- 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