a suffix found on abstract nouns borrowed from Latin, usually denoting a status, role, or function (matrimony; testimony), or a personal quality or kind of behavior (acrimony; sanctimony).
Origin: < L -mōnium (denominal), -mōnia (usually deadjectival), presumably orig. derivatives with -ium-ium, -ia-iaof -mōn-, an adj. or n. suffix, c. Gk -mōn (see hegemony); cf. alimony
