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personaticum

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persōnāticum n (genitive persōnāticī); second declension[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin persōna (“person, (Medieval Latin) parson”).[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler first finds it in a charter of 1057,[1] meaning the office of a parson.[2][1]

Semantic evolution

It belongs to medieval church law: Niermeyer defines it as the office of a parson,[2] and Köbler as a parish or benefice,[1] from the medieval sense of persona as a dignitary or parson.[1]

Timeline

  • 1057 – A charter has it.[1]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (Medieval Latin) The office of a parson; a parish or benefice.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  2. ^ a b c Niermeyer, J. F. (1976), Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden: Brill