Magisterial

[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial functions"

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Synonyms

autocratic, bossy, dignified, distinguished, dominating, domineering, high-and-mighty, imposing, peremptory

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