sacerdotium Latin · revision 9298

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la sacerdōs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [sa.kɛrˈdoː.ti.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sa.t͡ʃerˈdɔt.t͡si.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sacerdōtium''' ''n'' (genitive sacerdōtiī or sacerdōtī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sacerdōs]] “priest” with the suffix [[-ium]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains ⟨sacerdōs⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*sakro-dōt-⟩ “who has sacred endowments”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Cicero, of a priesthood.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the office of a priest or priestess, a priesthood, as in Cicero, and in the plural in Apuleius priestly lore.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note it is used in good prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant the priesthood, the priestly function.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for the priesthood of ancient Israel, of contemporary Jews and of the Church.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''sacerdozio'', French ''sacerdoce'' and Spanish ''sacerdocio''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 125–175 AD – Apuleius uses it of priestly lore.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|priesthood]], the office of a priest.^(OLD 2012)

+ # (plural) Priestly lore.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sacerdōs]]

+ * [[sacerdōtālis]]

+ * [[sacer]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}