magisterial

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1 TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethinga magisterial way of behaving or speaking shows that you think you have authority 〔行为或说话方式〕自以为权威的

his magisterial voice

他的官腔官调

2 KNOW somethinga magisterial book is written by someone who has very great knowledge about a subject 〔书〕具有学术权威性的

his magisterial study of the First World War

他对第一次世界大战的权威性研究

3. SCT[only before noun] connected with or done by a magistrate 与治安法官[地方法官]有关的；由治安法官[地方法官]经办的

—magisterially adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

magisterial• Cognitio was an official procedure, and a judgment given in it was based on magisterial authority.• Curriculum managers reading this discussion may rightly feel that this magisterial balance has rather little to offer to their own pressing concerns.• Finkelstein wrote a magisterial essay on the subject.• A crest of wavy, blond hair was loosely rooted on a magisterial forehead.• And, as gifted mimic, Boswell could roll out the magisterial Johnsonian cadences.• The youth carries the symbols of magisterial office.• Magisterial permission is necessary for any public gathering.• In the case of Pope it is the Essay on Man on which he exercises his gift for the magisterial put-down.• In a magisterial tone he announced the Chaplain's arrival.

Origin magisterial

(1600-1700) Late Latin magisterialis, from Latin magister; → MAGISTRATE

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