Thesaurus: ministry

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1. n. The act of ministering; ministration; service.
2. n. Agency; instrumentality.
3. n. The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.
4. n. The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.
5. n. Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.
6. n. religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
7. n. building where the business of a government ministry is transacted
8. n. a government department under the direction of a minister of state
9. n. the work of a minister of religion
10. 1. The act of ministering; ministration; service. "With tender ministry." Thomson. 2. Hence: Agency; instrumentality. The ordinary ministry of second causes. Atterbury. The wicked ministry of arms. Dryden. 3. The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession. 4. The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body. 5. Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.
11. n:100 n. religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian) n. building where the business of a government department is transacted n. a government department under the direction of a minister n. the work of a minister of religion