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