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Magisterial \Mag`is*te"ri*al\, a. [L. magisterius magisterial.
See {Master}.]
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.
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When magisterial duties from his home
Her father called. --Glover.
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We are not magisterial in opinions, nor,
dictator-like, obtrude our notions on any man. --Sir
T. Browne.
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Pretenses go a great way with men that take fair
words and magisterial looks for current payment.
--L'Estrange.
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2. (Alchem. & Old Chem.) Pertaining to, produced by, or of
the nature of, magistery. See {Magistery}, 2.
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Syn: Authoritative; stately; august; pompous; dignified;
lofty; commanding; imperious; lordly; proud; haughty;
domineering; despotic; dogmatical; arrogant.

Usage: {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.
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