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used of a person's appearance or behavior
befitting an eminent person
e.g. his distinguished bearing
e.g. the monarch's imposing presence
e.g. she reigned in magisterial beauty
Synonym: distinguished grand imposing
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offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
e.g. an autocratic person
e.g. autocratic behavior
e.g. a bossy way of ordering others around
e.g. a rather aggressive and dominating character
e.g. managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
e.g. a swaggering peremptory manner
Synonym: autocratic bossy dominating high-and-mighty peremptory
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of or relating to a magistrate
e.g. official magisterial functions