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单词 magisterial
释义 mag·is·te·ri·al
I. \|majə|stirēəl\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin magisterialis of authority, from Latin magisterium + -alis -al
1.
 a.
  (1) : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative
   < a magisterial survey of the evolution of man as a social animal — Times Literary Supplement >
   < bespeak a sort of magisterial attitude toward language which has been lost in the intervening centuries — R.M.Weaver >
  (2) : marked by a dignified or sedate manner or aspect
   < modeled on the British reviews … it imitated their magisterial air — Van Wyck Brooks >
   < the dark magisterial tone of academic eating places — Emily Coleman >
  (3) : marked by a pompous or overbearing manner or aspect
   < was magisterial in petty rebuke — V.L.Parrington >
   < the magisterial condescension found in so much biography these days — Times Literary Supplement >
 b. : of, relating to, or required for a master's degree
  < the student submitting a novel or a book of poems as his magisterial thesis — Malcolm Cowley >
2. obsolete : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master designer or workman
3. obsolete : of or relating to a magistery
4. : of or relating to a magistrate, his office, or his duties : administered or conducted by a magistrate : holding the office of a magistrate
II. noun
(-s)
obsolete : magistery
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