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(adjective) of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial functions" |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: distinguished, imposing |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, peremptory |
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