magisterial

From Late Latin magisterialis, from Latin magisterium.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /madʒɪˈstɪəɹɪəl/

magisterial (comparative more magisterial, superlative most magisterial)

1. Befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly.
2. Of or pertaining to a master, magistrate, the magisterium, or one in authority.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 622:

     Instead a ‘magisterial’ Reformation was created: these were the Protestant movements led by the magistri, the theologically educated masters, and magistrates of all descriptions – kings, princes, city councils.

3. Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery.

• magisteriality
• magisterially
• magisterialness

magisterial (plural magisteriales)

1. magisterial, magistral