sacerdotium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From sacerdōs (priest) +‎ -ium (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sacerdōtium n (genitive sacerdōtiī or sacerdōtī); second declension

  1. An office of priests, priesthood.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sacerdōtium sacerdōtia
Genitive sacerdōtiī
sacerdōtī1
sacerdōtiōrum
Dative sacerdōtiō sacerdōtiīs
Accusative sacerdōtium sacerdōtia
Ablative sacerdōtiō sacerdōtiīs
Vocative sacerdōtium sacerdōtia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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