Thesaurus: ministerial

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1. a. Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.
2. a. Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal.
3. a. Tending to advance or promote; contributive.
4. adj. of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office
5. adj. of or relating to a government minister or ministry
6. 1. Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant. Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames. Prior. 2. Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal. "Ministerial offices." Bacon. "A ministerial measure." Junius. "Ministerial garments." Hooker. 3. Tending to advance or promote; contributive. "Ministerial to intellectual culture." De Quincey. The ministerial benches, the benches in the House of Commons occupied by members of the cabinet and their supporters; -- also, the persons occupying them. "Very solid and very brilliant talents distinguish the ministerial benches." Burke. Syn. -- Official; priestly; sacerdotal; ecclesiastical.
7. j:100 a. of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office a. of or relating to a government minister or ministry