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

magisterial (iou)



magisterial adjective. E17.
[medieval Latin magisterialis, from late Latin magisterius, from Latin magister MASTER noun1: see -IAL.]
Of, pertaining to, or befitting a master, teacher, or someone qualified to speak with authority; authoritative; dictatorial; (of a person) invested with authority. E17.
Godfrey Smith Jeeves is..naturally magisterial (he takes the chair at..the..club for gentlemen's gentlemen). B. Chatwin These researches..had culminated in his magisterial paper 'The Mammoth and His Parasites'.
Of, pertaining to, or displaying the skill of a master artist. M-L17.
Of, pertaining to, or befitting a magistrate or magistrates; (of a person) holding the office of a magistrate; (of an inquiry) conducted by a magistrate or magistrates. M17.
Times He announced the setting up of a magisterial inquiry.
Pertaining to a magistery (Alchemy). Also (Pharmacology) = MAGISTRAL adjective 2a. M17-E18.
magisterially adverb M17.
magisterialness noun M17-E18.