magisterial

English

Etymology

From Late Latin magisterialis, from Latin magisterium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /madʒɪˈstɪəɹɪəl/

Adjective

magisterial (comparative more magisterial, superlative most magisterial)

1. Befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly.
   • 2013, Angus Deaton, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality:

     The economist and demographer David Lam, in his magisterial 2011 presidential address to the Population Association of America, identified the keys to global prosperity in the face of record rates of population growth.

2. Of or pertaining to a master, magistrate, the magisterium, or one in authority.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 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.

Derived terms

• magisteriality
• magisterially
• magisterialness

 

Translations

befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly — see authoritative,‎ masterly

of or pertaining to a master, magistrate, the magisterium, or one in authority

pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery

• French: magistériel (fr) m, magistérielle (fr) f

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maxisteˈɾjal/ [ma.xis.t̪eˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧gis‧te‧rial

Adjective

magisterial m or f (masculine and feminine plural magisteriales)

1. magisterial, magistral

Further reading

• “magisterial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10