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Meanings of magisterial in английском

Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power.

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

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Official.

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Usage of magisterial in английском
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He loved this place, a magisterial old house in the Garden District.
Zeitoun
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Her whole bearing consisted of volleys of abuse, closed by magisterial interrogations.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 3
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Ricky supposed that he had to envy that too, the magisterial appearance.
Ghost Story
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And didn't SHE put me down with one of her magisterial sentences?
At Last: A Novel
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His pals apparently still regard that brazen mantra as evidence of magisterial leadership.
The Irish Times
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The light generated by this magisterial study extends far beyond Kerry.
The Irish Times
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Ecclesiastical power is either supreme and magisterial; or subordinate and ministerial.
The Divine Right of Church Government / Wherein it is proved tha...
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A magisterial inquiry on the Egrant charges is still under way.
Reuters
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It's still worth reading, just slightly less magisterial than it might have been.
Independent.ie
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Heller took Rushdie to task for what she called his magisterial amour propre.
Reuters
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But this ought not to detract from the magisterial nature of this study.
The Irish Times
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In fact, I and my companions were receiving a magisterial dressing-down.
The forgotten soldier
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The commons were not overawed by the magisterial air of the king's speech.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. / From...
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That is remarkable omission for a book of such magisterial sweep.
The Guardian
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There was something inexorable, almost magisterial, in what he was witnessing.
Assail
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At the table head, looking very magisterial indeed, sat Colonel Marden.
His Dog
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