magisterial meaning and definition

MAGISTERIAL adjective

Definition of magisterial (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, 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"
   • synonyms: distinguished, grand, imposing