# ministerium
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌmɪnɪˈstɪəɹi.əm/
* (US) enPR: mĭn'ə-stîrʹē-əm, IPA: /ˌmɪnəˈstɪəriəm/

### Noun

ministerium (plural ministeriums or ministeria)
* 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
## Latin
### Etymology

From minister +‎ -ium. Compare magisterium.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

ministerium n (genitive ministeriī or ministerī); second declension
* ministry (office of a minister)
* employment, ministration
    Synonyms: mūnus, officium, negōtium, cūra, cūrātiō
* service (attendance of or action by an inferior person such as a slave)
* (by extension) a suite of attendants
* (post-classical) table-service

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | ministerium | ministeria |
| Genitive | ministeriī ministerī$^1$ | ministeriōrum |
| Dative | ministeriō | ministeriīs |
| Accusative | ministerium | ministeria |
| Ablative | ministeriō | ministeriīs |
| Vocative | ministerium | ministeria |
$^1$Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

#### Descendants

* Bourguignon: métei
* Catalan: ministeri
* → English: ministerium
* Esperanto: ministerio
* Friulian: ministeri
* → Galician: ministerio
* Italian: mestiere, ministero
* Old French: mestier
** French: métier
*** → Danish: metier
*** → English: métier
** Norman: métyî (Continental Norman), mêtchi (Jersey), meeti (Sark)
* → Old French: menistere
** French: ministère
*** → Romanian: minister
** → Middle English: mynisterie
*** English: ministry
* Old Galician-Portuguese: mester
** Galician: mester
** Portuguese: mester, mister
* → Old Irish: meinistir, menstir
** Middle Irish: meinistir
* Piedmontese: ministeri
* → Portuguese: ministério
* Sicilian: ministeru
* Spanish: menester, mester, → ministerio

### 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin ministerium.

### Noun

ministerium n (definite singular ministeriet, indefinite plural ministerier, definite plural ministeria or ministeriene)
* a ministry (government department headed by a minister)
* cabinet (committee of senior government ministers)

#### Derived terms

* forretningsministerium (caretaker government)

### References

* “ministerium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin ministerium.

### Noun

ministerium n (definite singular ministeriet, indefinite plural ministerium, definite plural ministeria)
* a ministry (as above)
* cabinet (as above)

#### Derived terms

* forretningsministerium

### References

* “ministerium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Noun

ministerium n
* a ministry (the office of a government minister)

#### Synonyms

* departement