presbyterium
English
Noun
presbyterium (plural presbyteria)
- (architecture) A presbytery.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for presbyterium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρεσβῠτέριον (presbutérion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pres.byˈte.ri.um/, [prɛs̠bʏˈt̪ɛriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pres.biˈte.ri.um/, [prezbiˈt̪ɛːrium]
Noun
presbyterium n (genitive presbyteriī or presbyterī); second declension
- presbytery (assembly of elders)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | presbyterium | presbyteria |
| Genitive | presbyteriī presbyterī1 |
presbyteriōrum |
| Dative | presbyteriō | presbyteriīs |
| Accusative | presbyterium | presbyteria |
| Ablative | presbyteriō | presbyteriīs |
| Vocative | presbyterium | presbyteria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “presbyterium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- presbyterium 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)
- presbyterium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
presbyterium n (definite singular presbyteriet, indefinite plural presbyterier, definite plural presbyteria or presbyteriene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
presbyterium n (definite singular presbyteriet, indefinite plural presbyterium, definite plural presbyteria)