German

Noun

Ministerium n ‎(genitive Ministeriums, plural Ministerien)

1. ministry

   Verlag des Ministeriums für Nationale Verteidigung — Publishing house of the Ministry for National Defense

Declension

Related terms

• Minister, Ministerin
• ministeriell

References

• Prowe, Gunhild; Schneider, Jill; Rowlinson, William (1993) The Oxford Paperback German Dictionary & Grammar, Chatham, Kent, UK: Mackays of Chatham plc, ISBN 0-19-864530-9, published 1995, page 153

English

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 the socioeconomic needs of a community.

Related terms

• minister
• ministry
• ministerial

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From minister. Compare magisterium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mi.nisˈte.ri.um/, [mɪ.nɪsˈtɛ.ri.ũ]

Noun

ministerium n ‎(genitive ministeriī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin

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.

Swedish

Noun

ministerium n

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

Declension

Synonyms

• departement