
magisterial
adj 1: of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial
functions"
2: 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" [syn: {autocratic}, {bossy}, {dominating},
{high-and-mighty}, {peremptory}]
3: 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" [syn: {distinguished}, {imposing}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0