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magisterial

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magisterial in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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"
    autocratic  bossy  dominating  high-and-mighty  magisterial  peremptory 
  2. 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"
    distinguished  grand  imposing  magisterial 
  3. of or relating to a magistrate
    "official magisterial functions"
    magisterial 
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