ministerium

ministerium

See also: Ministerium

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ministerium (plural ministeriums or ministeria)

1. 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

an association of ministers

Norwegian: ministerium n

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Latin

Etymology

From minister +‎ -ium. Compare magisterium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mi.nisˈte.ri.um/, [mɪnɪs̠ˈt̪ɛriʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.nisˈte.ri.um/, [minisˈt̪ɛːrium]

Noun

ministerium n (genitive ministeriī or ministerī); second declension

1. ministry (office of a minister)
2. employment, ministration

   Synonyms: mūnus, officium, negōtium, cūra, mūnia

3. service (attendance of or action by an inferior person such as a slave)
4. (by extension) a suite of attendants
5. (post-Classical) table-service

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ministerium	ministeria
Genitive	ministeriī ministerī1	ministeriōrum
Dative	ministeriō	ministeriīs
Accusative	ministerium	ministeria
Ablative	ministeriō	ministeriīs
Vocative	ministerium	ministeria

¹Found 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 Portuguese: mester
  • Galician: mester
  • Portuguese: mester, mister
• 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ministerium.

Noun

ministerium n (definite singular ministeriet, indefinite plural ministerier, definite plural ministeria or ministeriene)

1. a ministry (government department headed by a minister)
2. cabinet (committee of senior government ministers)

Derived terms

• forretningsministerium (caretaker government)

References

• “ministerium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ministerium.

Noun

ministerium n (definite singular ministeriet, indefinite plural ministerium, definite plural ministeria)

1. a ministry (as above)
2. cabinet (as above)

Derived terms

• forretningsministerium

References

• “ministerium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

ministerium n

1. a ministry (the office of a government minister)

Declension

Declension of ministerium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ministerium	ministeriet	ministerier	ministerierna
Genitive	ministeriums	ministeriets	ministeriers	ministeriernas

Synonyms

• departement