magisterium

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)

1. The teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church.

   Synonym: (obsolete) magistery

2. An authoritative statement.
3. (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

• extraordinary magisterium
• ordinary magisterium

 

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
3. (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

• magister
• magistra
• magistrālis
• magistrātus

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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin magisterium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡisˈtɛrjum/
• Rhymes: -ɛrjum
• Syllabification: ma‧gis‧te‧rium

Noun

magisterium n

1. master's thesis

   Synonym: magisterka

2. master's degree

   Synonyms: magister, magisterka

3. (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