magisterium
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English
Etymology
From Latin magisterium (“office of a president, chief; magisterium”), from magister (“master”). Equivalent to magister + -ium. Doublet of magistery.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm
Noun
magisterium (plural magisteriums or magisteria)
- The teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Synonym: (obsolete) magistery
- An authoritative statement.
- (alchemy) The philosopher's stone.
- 1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, , published 1612, →OCLC; reprinted Menston, Yorkshire: The Scolar Press, 1970, →OCLC, (please specify the GB page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- This is the day I am to perfect for him / The magisterium, our great work, the stone.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From magister (“master”) + -ium. Compare ministerium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ma.ɡisˈte.ri.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.d͡ʒisˈte.ri.um/,
Noun
magisterium n (genitive magisteriī or magisterī); second declension
- the office of a president, chief, director, superintendent
- magisterium
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) the 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).
Derived terms
- magisterium mōrum (“censorship, the office of censorship”)
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: magisteri
- French: magistère
- Galician: maxisterio
- Italian: magisterio
- → Polish: magisterium
- Portuguese: magistério
- Romanian: magisteriu
- Spanish: magisterio
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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin magisterium.
Pronunciation
Noun
magisterium n
- master's thesis
- Synonym: magisterka
- master's degree
- Synonyms: magister, magisterka
- (Roman Catholicism) magisterium (teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church)
Declension
Declension of magisterium
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | magisterium | magisteria |
| genitive | magisterium | magisteriów |
| dative | magisterium | magisteriom |
| accusative | magisterium | magisteria |
| instrumental | magisterium | magisteriami |
| locative | magisterium | magisteriach |
| vocative | magisterium | magisteria |
Further reading
- magisterium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- magisterium in Polish dictionaries at PWN