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MAGISTERIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
Example:
she reigned in magisterial beauty
Synonyms:
distinguished; grand; imposing; magisterial
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Similar:
dignified (having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Example:
a swaggering peremptory manner
Synonyms:
autocratic; bossy; dominating; high-and-mighty; magisterial; peremptory
Classified under:
Similar:
domineering (tending to domineer)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or relating to a magistrate
Example:
official magisterial functions
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
magistrate (a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses))
Derivation:
magistrate (a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses))
