magisterium

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin magisterium (“office of a president, chief; magisterium”), from magister (“master”).

Noun

magisterium (plural magisteriums or magisteria)

1. The teaching office or authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
2. An authoritative statement.

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Latin

Etymology

From magister (“master”) +‎ -ium. Compare ministerium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡisˈte.ri.um/, [mäɡɪs̠ˈt̪ɛriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.d͡ʒisˈte.ri.um/, [mäd͡ʒisˈt̪ɛːrium]

Noun

magisterium n (genitive magisteriī or magisterī); second declension

1. the office of a president, chief, director, superintendent
2. magisterium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	magisterium	magisteria
Genitive	magisteriī magisterī1	magisteriōrum
Dative	magisteriō	magisteriīs
Accusative	magisterium	magisteria
Ablative	magisteriō	magisteriīs
Vocative	magisterium	magisteria

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

Descendants

• Catalan: magisteri
• French: magistère
• Galician: maxisterio
• Italian: magisterio
• Portuguese: magistério
• Spanish: magisterio

Related terms

• magister
• magistra
• magistrālis
• magistrātus

References

• “magisterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “magisterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• magisterium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• magisterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• magisterium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016