magistral

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His descriptions have the magistral ampleness of a gesture indicating the sweep of a vast horizon. 

From Notes on Life and Letters by Conrad, Joseph

A glance at any of the plans that have already been shown will show that hitherto the crests of parapets had always been traced parallel to the escarp or magistral line.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

Here is a magistral power accorded to Congress, utterly inconsistent with the pretensions of State Rights.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 by Various

There was, of course, the element of respect in this gesture—the implication that the magistral chair of Sun Yat-sen was too high a place for any common man to sit.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony

He has matured, become virile and even magistral.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul