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magisterial

[maj-uh-steer-ee-uhl] / ˌmædʒ əˈstɪər i əl /




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In the frosty air, with their starchy beards and extravagant ear tufts, they looked magisterial.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The images of Preston performing at the famous concert, like his magisterial talent, are simply breathtaking.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

He wrote in an autobiography that his first "war decoration" was a "magisterial slap" from his mother, when he came home and told her what he had tried to do.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

I give her a magisterial stare over the top of my reading glasses.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

There was no magisterial district in all of South Africa where whites constituted a majority of residents.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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