magister

See also: Magister and magíster

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)

  1. 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.
  2. The possessor of a master's degree.
  3. (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, [].

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Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French magister, borrowed from Latin magister. Doublet of maestro, maître, and master.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

magister m (plural magisters)

  1. (obsolete) schoolmaster

Further reading

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)

  1. (higher education) master's degree.
    Synonym: master

See also

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

  • macister (archaic)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *magisteros. Equivalent to magis (more or great) + Proto-Indo-European *-teros. Compare minister.

Pronunciation

Noun

magister m (genitive magistrī, feminine magistra); second declension

  1. master, chief, head, superior, director, president, leader, commander, conductor
    Synonym: praeses
  2. teacher, instructor, educator of children, tutor, pedagogue
    Synonym: praeceptor
  3. 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:

  • Albanian: mjeshtër, mjesht
  • Proto-Brythonic:
  • Koine Greek: μαγίστωρ (magístōr), μάγιστρος (mágistros)
  • Old Church Slavonic: мастеръ (masterŭ)
  • Proto-West Germanic: *maistar (see there for further descendants)

From magister:

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
  • 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistere or magistre or magistrer, definite plural magisterne or magistrene)

  1. The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (definite singular magisteren, indefinite plural magistrar, definite plural magistrane)

  1. The possessor of the academic degree of magister, a historical equivalent of the doctorate (1479–1845 and 1921–2003)

References

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɣʲisʲtʲer/

Noun

magister m (genitive magistir, nominative plural magistir)

  1. 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.

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:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin magister. Doublet of maestro, majster, metr, and mistrz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɡis.tɛr/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -istɛr
  • Syllabification: ma‧gis‧ter

Noun

magister m pers (abbreviation mgr)

  1. magister (possessor of a master's degree)
  2. master's degree (postgraduate degree)
    Synonyms: magisterium, magisterka

Declension

Noun

magister f (indeclinable, abbreviation mgr)

  1. female equivalent of magister (possessor of a master's degree)
adjective
noun

See also

Further reading

  • magister in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • magister in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister m (plural magisters)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) male teacher

Synonyms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) scolast
  • (Sutsilvan) surmester

Coordinate terms

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magister.

Noun

magister c

  1. (somewhat dated) a (title for a) male teacher
    Synonym: (slang) maje
    Magistern! Jag behöver hjälp!
    Teacher! I need help!
  2. a magister (holder of a master's degree)

Declension

Declension of magister 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative magister magistern magistrar magistrarna
Genitive magisters magisterns magistrars magistrarnas

Descendants

See also

References

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