# 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)
* The teaching authority or office of the Roman Catholic Church.
    Synonym: (obsolete) magistery
* An authoritative statement.
* (alchemy) The philosopher's stone.
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#### Derived terms

* extraordinary magisterium
* ordinary magisterium

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin magisterium.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /maɡistəˈrium/ [ma.ɡis.t̪əˈri.ʊm]
* Rhymes: -um
* Syllabification: ma‧gis‧te‧ri‧um

### Noun

magisterium (plural magisterium-magisterium)
* (Catholicism) magisterium

#### Related terms

* magister

### Further reading

* “magisterium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ma.ɡisˈte.ri.um/, [mäɡɪs̠ˈt̪ɛriʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ma.d͡ʒisˈte.ri.um/, [mäd͡ʒisˈt̪ɛːrium]

### 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).
$^1$Found 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin magisterium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ɡisˈtɛ.rjum/
* Rhymes: -ɛrjum
* Syllabification: ma‧gis‧te‧rium

### 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
### Further reading

* magisterium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* magisterium in Polish dictionaries at PWN