Pertaining or suited to a dictator; absolute. Military powers quite dictatorial. W. Irving.
Characteristic of a dictator; imperious; dogmatical; overbearing; as, a dictatorial tone or manner. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ly, adv. -- Dic`ta*to"ri*al*ness, n.
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