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Definition of Ministry

1. Noun. Religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian).

2. Noun. Building where the business of a government department is transacted.

3. Noun. A government department under the direction of a minister.

4. Noun. The work of a minister of religion. "He is studying for the ministry"

Definition of Ministry

1. n. The act of ministering; ministration; service.

Definition of Ministry

1. Noun. Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy ¹

2. Noun. The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister) ¹

3. Noun. A ministration ¹

4. Noun. The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith. ¹

5. Noun. (Christianity) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ministry

1. the act of ministering [n -TRIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ministry

ministery ministracy ministrant ministrants ministration ministrations ministrative ministre ministres ministress

ministresses ministries ministries of education ministroke ministrokes ministry (current term) ministry of education ministryship ministudio ministudios

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Literary usage of Ministry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. British History in the Nineteenth Century (1782-1901) by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1922)
"Coalition ministry of North and Fox (Whigs and Tories). ... Salisbury Unionist ministry (Conservative, supported bj Liberal Unionists). 1892-1894. ..."

2. Guide to Materials for American History in Russian Archives by Frank Alfred Golder, David Maydole Matteson (1917)
"ministry of Foreign Affairs to ministry of Finance. Reply to no. 1 1op. 1841, Nov. 11. ... Exchange of notes between the ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ..."

3. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1908)
"1883 Mr. Huskisson joins the ministry. 1826 Expedition to Portugal. Recognition of South American States. 1827 ministry of Mr. Canning. ..."

4. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"The Christian ministry then, in the New Testament, appears in two distinct ... The ministry of Gifts comes first. It belonged to the Apostolic times alone, ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"This proceeding caused a great sensation, and by the opponents of the ministry it was denounced as "revolutionary." Shortly afterward a compromise was ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"It was succeeded on December 8, 1862, by a ministry of the pure Right, or, ... Out of the troubles and vicissitudes of the Rattazzi ministry the old ..."

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