Both Uses of
magisterial
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Nowadays the military profession is in abeyance and the magisterial robe is the badge of honor.†
Chpt 5-6 *
- He made his way along the corridors through force of habit; he threw aside his magisterial robe, not out of deference to etiquette, but because it was an unbearable burden, a veritable garb of Nessus, insatiate in torture.†
Chpt 111-112
Definition:
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(magisterial) authoritativein various senses, including:
- appearance or behavior that fits an important person -- as in "She has a magisterial manner."
- of something written in a comprehensive manner by a respected authority -- as in "a magisterial account of The Great Depression"
- relating to a government authority (or specifically to a magistrate who can administer the law) -- as in "It is within her magisterial district."
- offensively self-assured or given to exercising unwarranted power -- as in "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"