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magisterial

/maj-uh-steer-ee-uhl/US // ˌmædʒ əˈstɪər i əl //UK // (ˌmædʒɪˈstɪərɪəl) //

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or befitting a master; of importance or consequence; authoritative; weighty: a magisterial pronouncement by the director of the board.
    • : imperious; domineering: a magisterial tone of command.
    • : of or befitting a magistrate or the office of a magistrate: The judge spoke with magisterial gravity.
    • : of the rank of a magistrate: magisterial standing.

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Examples

  • Elba is always magisterial, and for years now, his fans have been floating his name as a candidate for the next James Bond.

  • Called “The Sword and Sovereignty,” it is a magisterial work running to more than 2,000 pages.

  • He lacks the magisterial tone of Colm Tóibín or the florid and fertile imagination of Patrick McCabe.

  • It is a picture of tragic grandeur, painted in sombre and magisterial colours on the fiery vault of hell.

  • Old Lecamus maintained his paternal and magisterial dignity; he observed his son and said little.

  • During the difficult beginnings of a household I, perhaps, assumed a magisterial tone?

  • Relinquishing his magisterial powers, necessity compelled him to return home before spring, accompanied by some of his people.

  • Such was the man entrusted with more than magisterial power.