Magisterial vs Stately - What's the difference?
magisterial | stately | Synonyms |
Befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly.
Of or pertaining to a master or magistrate, or one in authority.
*2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 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.
Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery.
Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.
* 2010 , "An own goal on gay rights", The Economist , 14 Oct 2010:
Imposing; grand, impressive.
Magisterial is a synonym of stately.
As adjectives the difference between magisterial and stately
is that magisterial is befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly while stately is of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.As an adverb stately is
in a stately manner.magisterial
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(en adjective)stately
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(er)- Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
- And much as they welcome his promise to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell”, they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so.
