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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδικαστήριον“court, tribunal”
- English todaydicastery
From Ancient Greek δικαστήριον (dikastḗrion, “court, tribunal”), from δίκη (díkē, “right, custom, judgement”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dicastery
Today it means: A ministry or department of the Roman Curia of the Holy See, whether administrative or ecclesiastical. Full definition →
Ancient Greek δικαστήριον