magisterium

From Latin magisterium (“office of a president, chief; magisterium”), from magister (“master”).

magisterium (plural magisteriums or magisteria)

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

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡisˈte.ri.um/, [ma.ɡɪsˈtɛ.ri.ũ]

magisterium n (genitive magisteriī); second declension

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

Second declension.

• Spanish: magisterio

• magister
• magistra
• magistrālis
• magistrātus

• 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, 1883–1887)
• magisterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• magisterium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016