magisterial

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to a magistrate (synset 302842481)
    "official magisterial functions"
  2. Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power (synset 300791150)
    "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"
    similar to: domineering - tending to domineer
    same as: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, peremptory
  3. Used of a person's appearance or behavior;
    Befitting an eminent person (synset 300755631)
    "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
    similar to: dignified - having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance
    same as: distinguished, grand, imposing

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