magister
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin magister (“a master, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.”), from magis (“more or great”) + -ter. Doublet of maestro, master, and meister.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæd͡ʒɪstə(ɹ)/
Noun
magister (plural magisters)
- Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- The possessor of a master's degree.
- (occult, witchcraft, Church of Satan) The chief male celebrant of a satanic ritual.
- Coordinate term: magistra
- 2007, Peter H. Gilmore, The Satanic Scriptures, Scapegoat Publishing, →ISBN, page vi:
- The magnificent Magisters and Magistras, profound Priests and Priestesses, wondrous Witches and Warlocks, astounding Agents, and the ever-inspiring loyal cohort that makes up the Citizenry of our Infernal Empire—you are an aristocracy of achievers, many of whom are cherished friends, and cannot know how very much you each mean to me.
- 2009, Michael W. Ford, Luciferian Witchcraft – The Book of The Serpent: The Grimoire of The Serpent, 2nd edition, Succubus Publishing, →ISBN, page 308:
- If only the Magistra and Magister of the Rite are present, then just the Magister shall drink of simulate if fake (ie theatrical) blood is used.
- 2015, Amaranthus, Feasting from the Black Cauldron, Lulu, →ISBN:
- Just as there are tools and symbols that are specific to the Magistra, the stang is a tool used to represent the Horned God and should be used by the Magister only.
- 2019, WLLM, Hokkus Satanus, Satan Wants Haikus!, Lee John Press, →ISBN, page 45:
- Fourth Degrees migrate, Magistras & Magisters administering.
- 2022, Robert Johnson, “Acknowledgments”, in The Satanic Warlock, 2nd edition, →ISBN:
- My heartfelt appreciation to all of the Church of Satan Magisters, Magistras, Witches, Priests, Priestesses and members who contributed in words and deeds, […].
Related terms
Translations
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Further reading
- “magister”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “magister”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
From Middle French magister, borrowed from Latin magister. Doublet of maestro, maître, and master.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “magister”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch magister, from Latin magister. Doublet of maestro, master, and mester.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [maˈɡɪstər]
- Hyphenation: ma‧gis‧têr
Noun
magistêr (first-person possessive magisterku, second-person possessive magistermu, third-person possessive magisternya)
- (higher education) master's degree.
- Synonym: master
Further reading
- “magister” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Alternative forms
- macister (archaic)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *magisteros. Equivalent to magis (“more or great”) + Proto-Indo-European *-teros. Compare minister.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈɡis.ter/, [mäˈɡɪs̠t̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈd͡ʒis.ter/, [mäˈd͡ʒist̪er]
Noun
magister m (genitive magistrī, feminine magistra); second declension
- master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor
- Synonym: praeses
- teacher, instructor, educator of children, tutor, pedagogue
- Synonym: praeceptor
- master; a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts, teacher, instructor
- Synonym: trāditor
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | magister | magistrī |
Genitive | magistrī | magistrōrum |
Dative | magistrō | magistrīs |
Accusative | magistrum | magistrōs |
Ablative | magistrō | magistrīs |
Vocative | magister | magistrī |
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
From Vulgar Latin *majester, *majestru:
- Borrowings
From Vulgar Latin *maester:
From magister:
- → Belarusian: магістр (mahistr)
- → Bulgarian: магистър (magistǎr)
- → Crimean Tatar: magistr
- → Czech: magistr
- → English: magister
- → Estonian: magister
- → Finnish: magisteri
- → French: magister
- → German: Magister
- → Italian: magister
- → Old Irish: magister
- → Lithuanian: magistras
- → Piedmontese: magìster
- → Polish: magister
- → Portuguese: magíster
- → Romanian: magistru
- → Romansch: magister
- → Russian: маги́стр (magístr)
- → Serbo-Croatian: magistar / магистар
- → Spanish: magíster
- → Swedish: magister
- → Finnish: maisteri
- → Ukrainian: магістр (mahistr)
References
- “magister”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “magister”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magister in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to receive instruction from some one: disciplina alicuius uti, magistro aliquo uti
- a teacher of rhetoric: rhetor, dicendi magister
- a dictator appoints a magister equitum: dictator dicit (legit) magistrum equitum
- to receive instruction from some one: disciplina alicuius uti, magistro aliquo uti
- “magister”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- magister in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “magister”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistere or magistre or magistrer, definite plural magisterne or magistrene)
- The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)
References
- “magister” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistrar, definite plural magistrane)
- The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)
References
- “magister” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɣʲisʲtʲer/
Noun
magister m (genitive magistir, nominative plural magistir)
- master, teacher
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
- Do·adbadar sund trá causa pro qua scripta est æpistola .i. irbága ro·bátar leosom eter desciplu et debe; óentu immurgu eter a magistru.
- Here, then is shown the reason for which the epistle was written, i.e. they had had contentions and disagreements between the disciples; unity, however, among their masters.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 7d10
Declension
Masculine o-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | magister | magisterL | magistirL |
Vocative | magistir | magisterL | magistruH |
Accusative | magisterN | magisterL | magistruH |
Genitive | magistirL | magister | magisterN |
Dative | magisterL | magistraib | magistraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
magister also mmagister after a proclitic |
magister pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/ |
unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “maigister, maigistir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈɡis.tɛr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -istɛr
- Syllabification: ma‧gis‧ter
Noun
magister m pers (abbreviation mgr)
- magister (possessor of a master's degree)
- master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Synonyms: magisterium, magisterka
Declension
Noun
magister f (indeclinable, abbreviation mgr)
- female equivalent of magister (“possessor of a master's degree”)
Romansch
Coordinate terms
- (in terms of gender): magistra
Swedish
Noun
magister c
Declension
Declension of magister | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | magister | magistern | magistrar | magistrarna |
Genitive | magisters | magisterns | magistrars | magistrarnas |
Descendants
- → Finnish: maisteri