| 单词 |
magisterially |
| 释义 |
magisterially, adv.|ˌmædʒɪˈstɪərɪəlɪ|
[-ly2.]
In a magisterial manner.
1. In the manner of a master:
a. like a schoolmaster; with superior knowledge or the assumption of it; authoritatively (now the dominant sense);
b. like a lord over subjects; domineeringly.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. vi. § 126 Whilst the King was at Nottingham..they gave orders Magisterially for the War. 1651in E. D. Neill Virginia Carolorum (1886) 213 The reason why they talk so Magisterially to us, is this, we are forsooth their worships slaves. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard., Refl. Agric. 50, I do not pretend Magisterially to Determine, whither of the two Opinions has the more of..Reason on its side. 1729Butler Serm. Hum. Nat. ii. Wks. 1874 II. 24 Conscience..without being advised with, magisterially exerts itself. 1761–2Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. xlv. 645 He [James I] was employed in dictating magisterially to an assembly of divines. 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. i. (1875) 40 When Protestantism..gives the law to criticism too magisterially. 1963Times 4 Mar. 14/2 M. Planchon, who wrote every word of the text and was responsible for every step of the choreography, rarely stumbles and magisterially weaves the disparate threads into one homogeneous pattern. 1972Times 15 June 7/3 These dons, judges and headmasters..who moved so magisterially within their cathedral closes, [etc.]. 1975Gramophone Oct. 633/3 The new Karajan reading is certainly magnificent, magisterially played by the finest orchestra in the world.
2. In the capacity of a magistrate; also, by a magistrate or magistrates.
1875Poste Gaius i. (ed. 2) 138 A magisterially appointed guardian is called by modern commentators tutor dativus. 1883Pall Mall G. 30 May 8/2 The men arrested..were magisterially examined at Castlebar to-day. |
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