magisterial

英[,mædʒɪ'stɪərɪəl] 美[,mædʒɪ'stɪrɪəl]

1. of or relating to a magistrate;

"official magisterial functions"

2. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power;

"an autocratic person"

"autocratic behavior"

"a bossy way of ordering others around"

"a rather aggressive and dominating character"

"managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"

"a swaggering peremptory manner"

3. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person;

"his distinguished bearing"

"the monarch's imposing presence"

"she reigned in magisterial beauty"