Definition of magisterial

• of or relating to a magistrate; "official magisterial functions"
• 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"
• used of a persons appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarchs imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"