Definition of Magisterium

1. Noun. the teaching office or authority of the Roman Catholic Church. ¹

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Definition of Magisterium

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Magisterium

magics up
magid
magilp
magilps
magique
magiric
magirists
magirology
magism
magisms
magister
magisterial
magisteriality
magisterially
magisterialness
magisterium (current term)
magisteriums
magisters
magistery
magistracies
magistracy
magistral
magistrality
magistrally
magistrals
magistrand
magistrands
magistrate
magistrates
magistratic

Literary usage of Magisterium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"May new truths enter the current of tradition, and what is the part of the magisterium with regard to revelations which God may yet make? ..."

2. Essays on the Church's Doctrinal Authority by William George Ward (1880)
"how much is implied in this pregnant statement, that the Church is infallible in her magisterium. Take the obvious illustration of a parent; and suppose it ..."

3. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"... principal substances to which this term has been applied:—magisterium ... magistery of opium (magisterium opii Ludovici) prepared by precipitating an ..."

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