ministerium

See also: Ministerium

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪnɪˈstɪəɹi.əm/
• enPR: mĭn'ə-stîrʹē-əm, IPA: /ˌmɪnəˈstɪəriəm/

Noun

ministerium (plural ministeriums or ministeria)

1. An association of ministers from various religious groups who come together to work for a specific purpose, such as meeting the socioeconomic needs of a community.

Related terms

• minister
• ministry
• ministerial

Translations

an association of ministers

• Norwegian: ministerium n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Latin

Etymology

From minister +‎ -ium. Compare magisterium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mi.nisˈte.ri.um/, [mɪnɪs̠ˈt̪ɛriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.nisˈte.ri.um/, [minisˈt̪ɛːrium]

Noun

ministerium n (genitive ministeriī or ministerī); second declension

1. ministry (office of a minister)
2. employment, ministration

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ministerium	ministeria
Genitive	ministeriī ministerī1	ministeriōrum
Dative	ministeriō	ministeriīs
Accusative	ministerium	ministeria
Ablative	ministeriō	ministeriīs
Vocative	ministerium	ministeria

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

Descendants

• Bourguignon: métei
• English: ministerium, ministry
• Esperanto: ministerio
• French: métier, ministère
• Italian: mestiere, ministero
• Norman: métyî (Continental Norman), mêtchi (Jersey), meeti (Sark)
• Old Galician-Portuguese: mester
• Portuguese: mester, ministério, mister
• Romanian: minister
• Sicilian: ministeru
• Spanish: menester, ministerio, mester

References

• “ministerium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ministerium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ministerium 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)
• ministerium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ministerium

Noun

ministerium n (definite singular ministeriet, indefinite plural ministerier, definite plural ministeria or ministeriene)

1. a ministry (government department headed by a minister)
2. cabinet (committee of senior government ministers)

Derived terms

• forretningsministerium (caretaker government)

References

• “ministerium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ministerium

Noun

ministerium n (definite singular ministeriet, indefinite plural ministerium, definite plural ministeria)

1. a ministry (as above)
2. cabinet (as above)

Derived terms

• forretningsministerium

References

• “ministerium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

ministerium n

1. a ministry (the office of a government minister)

Declension

Declension of ministerium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ministerium	ministeriet	ministerier	ministerierna
Genitive	ministeriums	ministeriets	ministeriers	ministeriernas

Synonyms

• departement