Magisterial - Definition
magisterial
adj 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" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-
mighty, magisterial, 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" [syn:
distinguished, grand, imposing, magisterial]
