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Meaning of magisterium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
[ma.ɡɪsˈtɛ.ri.ũː]

Definitions

  1. the office of a president, chief, director, superintendent
    declension-2, neuter
  2. the Magisterium
    Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-2, neuter
  3. the master of the feast or drinking party, toastmaster, presider, arbiter; related terms: magister cenarum, arbiter bibendi, συμποσιαρχος
    declension-2, neuter

Examples

“Mē vērō et magisteria dēlectant ā maiōribus īnstitūta et is sermō, quī mōre maiōrum ā summō adhibētur in pōculō […] .”

As for me, I truly delight in both the presiding roles [at banquets], as established by our ancestors, and in that style of conversation which, by ancient custom, is led from the head of the couch at a drinking party […] .

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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