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Webster 1913 Edition
Magisterial
1.
Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority; having the manner of a magister; official; commanding; authoritative. Hence: Overbearing; dictatorial; dogmatic.
When
Her father called.
magisterial
duties from his homeHer father called.
Glover.
We are not
magisterial
in opinions, nor, dictator-like, obtrude our notions on any man. Sir T. Browne.
Pretenses go a great way with men that take fair words and
magisterial
looks for current payment. L’Estrange.
2.
(Alchem. & Old Chem.)
Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery. See
Magistery
, 2.
Syn. – Authoritative; stately; august; pompous; dignified; lofty; commanding; imperious; lordly; proud; haughty; domineering; despotic; dogmatical; arrogant.
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Magisterial
, Dogmatical
, Arrogant
. One who is magisterial assumes the air of a master toward his pupils; one who is dogmatical lays down his positions in a tone of authority or dictation; one who is arrogant insults others by an undue assumption of superiority. Those who have long been teachers sometimes acquire, unconsciously, a manner which borders too much on the magisterial, and may be unjustly construed as dogmatical, or even arrogant. Webster 1828 Edition
Magisterial
MAGISTE'RIAL
,Adj.
1.
Proud; lofty; arrogant; imperious; domineering. Pretenses go a great way with men that take fair words and magisterial looks for current payment.
2.
In chimistry, pertaining to magistery, which see.