Both Uses of "magisterial" in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"

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Both Uses

magisterial
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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It was in this magisterial attitude that he began the examination.†
Chpt 1.6.1 *

magisterial = authoritative; or fitting for a person of importance
When Charmolue had installed himself in a magisterial manner in his own, he seated himself, then rose and said, without exhibiting too much self-complacency at his success,—"The accused has confessed all."†
Chpt 2.8.3

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(1) (magisterial)
authoritative
in 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"
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)