Modifies a noun

• overview: There followed a magisterial overview from the 87 year-old of the way in which mountains have affected our culture.

• duty: He may also direct that a magistrate shall not sit, or discharge any other magisterial duty, pending inquiry.

• survey: Week after week it opened with a lengthy, and magisterial, survey of foreign affairs.

• authority: Or, lastly, the extraordinary magisterial authority was based on the right of delegation vested in the supreme magistrate.

• power: The most telling thing about the old princess is her magisterial power.

• account: Among the completely new material in this edition is Kitses's magisterial account of the work of the greatest of Western Directors John Ford.

Modifying Another Word

• simply: The interpretation is quite simply magisterial, in keeping with the music being performed; the impact is unforgettable.