Definitions for magisterial

magisterial mag·is·te·ri·al

Spelling: [maj-uh-steer-ee-uh l]
IPA: /ˌmædʒ əˈstɪər i əl/

Magisterial is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1206 anagrams from letters in magisterial (aaegiilmrst).

Definitions for magisterial

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; weighty; of importance or consequence:
  2. imperious; domineering:
  3. of or befitting a magistrate or the office of a magistrate:
  4. of the rank of a magistrate:

Origin of magisterial

1625-35; Late Latin magisteriālis; see magisterium, -al1

Examples for magisterial

It was in this magisterial attitude that he began the examination.

"Let the recognizances be estreated," was the magisterial comment.

Such was the man entrusted with more than magisterial power.

He lacks the magisterial tone of Colm Tóibín or the florid and fertile imagination of Patrick McCabe.

I never allow anything to interfere with my magisterial duties.

Called “The Sword and Sovereignty,” it is a magisterial work running to more than 2,000 pages.

There is little that is official or magisterial about the volumes.

A magisterial study it was, which not one of our "young masters" could paint.

"Then I am more learned than they are," said l'Encuerado, with a magisterial air.

I have had the magisterial account already, and now wish to have yours.

Word Value for magisterial
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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