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magisterial in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- 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
- 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
- of or relating to a magistrate
"official magisterial functions"
magisterial
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