magisterial commanding in manner In public he could be magisterial. But in private he affected too much modesty ,But Morse had taken over completely , and he held up his right hand with a confident , magisterial authority . He glanced round , dropped his somewhat magisterial style of questioning and leaned towards Melissa with a prurient gleam in his eyes . masterly; superbly executed Utilizing Wagnerian structure , Barry's three main themes recur in magisterial symphonic form . In the 1970s , when Alexis Lichine began to think about a third edition of `` The Wines of France , '' his magisterial book , he decided to change the format . That gambit illustrates Leavis's magisterial grasp of polemical style , and it succeeds at once in looking bold and in insinuating craftily . relating to the position or work of a magistrate The youth carries the symbols of magisterial office . He first makes proof of his paternal relation , before he hands over his son , as a subject , to the magisterial ruler and judge . Cognitio was an official procedure , and a judgment given in it was based on magisterial authority . South African Provincial and Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi Thursday declared the magisterial districts of Durban and Pinetown disaster areas after heavy rains ravaged several towns in Kwazulu-Natal Province .