magisterial
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authoritative, classic, classical, definitive
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From the furnace of her genius emerged a book that melded America’s past into a work of enduring art — gothic, magical, magisterial. — Ron Charles, Washington Post, "Toni Morrison not only remade American literature, she challenged us to resist the tenacity of racism," 6 Aug. 2019 Forster’s descriptions helped the surveyor Major James Rennell—who had already produced maps of Bengal and the Ganga river—in his magisterial 1788 work Memoirs of a Map of Hindustan; or the Moghul Empire. — Anu Kumar, Quartz India, "An 18th-century British merchant’s account of how the empire ruled India," 26 July 2019 The horns were magisterial, their brass colleagues full and resilient. — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, "Jahja Ling conjures true spirit of Blossom with Cleveland Orchestra, Conrad Tao," 15 July 2019 But then the song thickens up in its fourth minute with bleary, magisterial piano, and Yorke switches his vocal approach. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Thom Yorke’s Beautiful New Nightmare," 29 June 2019 Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s magisterial first novel Kintu continually diverts us from our preconceptions about Africa. — The New York Review of Books, "Namwali Serpell," 2 Mar. 2019 Ostensibly magisterial international triumphs for the United States have repeatedly turned out to be pyrrhic victories that transformed into grave and even existential threats as people at home and abroad rushed to adapt. — Caitlin Fitz, WSJ, "‘A Nation Forged by Crisis’ Review: Part of the Wider World After All," 30 Nov. 2018 Ruest also replaced the magisterial district judge who had twice thrown out charges. — Washington Post, "Sprawling Penn State hazing death case grinds through courts," 8 July 2018 But what was striking was not just his message, of love and inclusion; or his tone, which was soaring and magisterial; or his obvious delight in the matter at hand. — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, "Meghan Markle Introduces the British Monarchy to the African-American Experience," 19 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'magisterial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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