ministerium

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɪnɪˈstɪəɹi.əm/ (US) enPR: mĭn'ə-stîrʹē-əm, IPA(key): /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(key): [mɪ.nɪsˈtɛ.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mi.nisˈtɛː.ri.um] === Noun === ministerium n (genitive ministeriī or ministerī); second declension ministry (office of a minister) employment, ministration Synonyms: mūnus, officium, negōtium, cūra, cūrātiō service, duty (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). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], 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) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== departement