sacerdotium

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

sacerdōtium n (genitive sacerdōtiī or sacerdōtī); second declension

  1. An office of priests, priesthood.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

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