Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a magisterial manner; in the manner of a master or a magistrate; with the air of a master or the authority of a magistrate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a magisterial manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
magisterial manner;authoritatively .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
- adverb in an authoritative and magisterial manner
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Examples
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He has been described as magisterially presiding over the younger writers, and assuming the distribution of poetical fame; but he who excels has a right to teach, and he whose judgment is incontestable, may, without usurpation, examine and decide.
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746
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There's Zeus, played by Liam Neeson with a beard best described as magisterially scraggly.
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There's Zeus, played by Liam Neeson with a beard best described as magisterially scraggly.
WN.com - Articles related to Lucas to make all-CGI musical 2010
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There's Zeus, played by Liam Neeson with a beard best described as magisterially scraggly.
WN.com - Articles related to Lucas to make all-CGI musical 2010
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There's Zeus, played by Liam Neeson with a beard best described as magisterially scraggly.
WN.com - Articles related to Lucas to make all-CGI musical 2010
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There's Zeus, played by Liam Neeson with a beard best described as magisterially scraggly.
WN.com - Articles related to Lucas to make all-CGI musical 2010
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There's Zeus, played by Liam Neeson with a beard best described as magisterially scraggly.
WN.com - Articles related to Lucas to make all-CGI musical 2010
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There's Zeus, played by Liam Neeson with a beard best described as magisterially scraggly.
WN.com - Articles related to Lucas to make all-CGI musical 2010
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There's Zeus, played by Liam Neeson with a beard best described as magisterially scraggly.
WN.com - Articles related to Lucas to make all-CGI musical 2010
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There's Zeus, played by Liam Neeson with a beard best described as magisterially scraggly.
WN.com - Articles related to Lucas to make all-CGI musical 2010
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