See Also: Magisterial(medicine)
magisterial(dictionary)
magisterial(dictionary)

magisterial (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Late Latin; Origin: magisterialis, from Latin magister; MAGISTRATE]
a magisterial way of behaving or speaking shows that you think you have authority
::his magisterial voice
a magisterial book is written by someone who has very great knowledge about a subject
::his magisterial study of the First World War
[only before noun] connected with or done by a magistrate
-- magisterially adv