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min·is·try

(mĭn′ĭ-strē)
n. pl. min·is·tries
1.
a. The act of serving; ministration.
b. One that serves as a means; an instrumentality.
2.
a. The profession, duties, and services of a minister.
b. The Christian clergy.
c. The period of service of a minister.
3.
a. A governmental department presided over by a minister.
b. The building in which such a department is housed.
c. The duties, functions, or term of a governmental minister.
d. often Ministry Governmental ministers considered as a group.
[Middle English ministerie, from Old French ministere, from Latin ministerium, from minister, servant; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]
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ministry

(ˈmɪnɪstrɪ)
n, pl -tries
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms)
a. the profession or duties of a minister of religion
b. the performance of these duties
2. ministers of religion or government ministers considered collectively
3. the tenure of a minister
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
a. a government department headed by a minister
b. the buildings of such a department
[C14: from Latin ministerium service, from minister servant; see minister]
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min•is•try

(ˈmɪn ə stri)

n., pl. -tries.
1. the service, functions, or profession of a minister of religion.
2. the body or class of ministers of religion; clergy.
3. the service, function, or office of a minister of state.
4. the body of ministers of state.
5. an administrative department headed by a minister of state.
6. the building that houses such an administrative department.
7. the term of office of a minister of state.
8. an act or instance of ministering; ministration; service.
9. something that serves as an agency, instrument, or means.
[1175–1225; (< Old French menistere) < Latin ministerium=minister minister + -ium -ium 1]
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Ministry

a group of ministers of state, 1710; the clergy, 1566.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:ministry - religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)]ministry - religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
priesthood - the body of ordained religious practitioners
2. [画像:ministry - building where the business of a government department is transacted]ministry - building where the business of a government department is transacted
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
3. [画像:ministry - a government department under the direction of a minister]ministry - a government department under the direction of a minister
Foreign Office - the government department in charge of foreign relations
Home Office - the government department in charge of domestic affairs
government department - a department of government
4. ministry - the work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry"
employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work"
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ministry

noun
1. department, office, bureau, government department the Ministry of Justice
2. administration, government, council, cabinet He disclosed that his ministry gave funds to parties in Namibia.
3. the priesthood, the church, the cloth, the pulpit, holy orders So what prompted him to enter the ministry?
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Translations
الأكليروس، الكَهْنوتكَهْنُوتٌ وِزَارَةٌ وِزارَه
ministerstvopastorstvíkněžský úřad
ministeriumpræstekald=-ministeriumkald
ministeriöpapin virka
ministarstvosvećenićka služba
lelkészségminisztérium
prestsstörfráîuneyti
省聖職
부사역
ministerstvopastorstvo
ministrstvo
departementprästämbete
กระทรวงการช่วยเหลือ
bộđoàn mục sư

ministry

[ˈmɪnɪstrɪ] N
1. (Pol) → ministerio m, secretaría f (Mex)
Ministry of Transport → Ministerio m de Transporte
2. (Rel) → sacerdocio m
to enter the ministry → hacerse sacerdote ; (Protestant) → hacerse pastor
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ministry

[ˈmɪnɪstri] n
(British) (in government) → ministère m
the Ministry of Culture → le ministère de la culture
(RELIGION) to go into the ministry → devenir pasteur Ministry of Defence n (British) → ministère m de la Défense nationale Ministry of the Interior n → ministère m de l'Intérieur
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ministry

n
(Pol) → Ministerium nt; ministry of education/agriculture → Bildungs-/Landwirtschaftsministerium nt; during his ministry → in or während seiner Amtszeit (als Minister); during the ministry of X → als X Minister war
(Eccl) → geistliches Amt ; to join or enter or go into the ministry → Pfarrer(in) or Geistliche(r) werden ; to train for the ministry → Theologie studieren, um Geistlicher zu werden
(= ministering) → Sendungsbewusstsein nt; Christ’s ministry here on earth → das Wirken Christi auf Erden
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ministry

[ˈmɪnɪstrɪ] n
a. (Brit) (Pol) → ministero
Ministry of Defence → Ministero della Difesa
b. (Rel) the ministry → il ministero sacerdotale
to go into or enter the ministry → diventare sacerdote (or pastore)
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minister

(ˈministə) noun
1. a clergyman in certain branches of the Christian Church. He is a minister in the Presbyterian church. dominee كاهِن свещеник ministro pastor der Geistliche præst κληρικός pastor (kiriku)õpetaja, jutlustaja کشیش pappi pasteur כומר मंत्री svećenik, poslanik lelkész, lelkipásztor pendeta klerkur, prestur pastore, ministro del culto 牧師 성직자 dvasininkas, pastorius mācītājs pendeta dominee prest pastor كشيش clérigo pastor священник pastor duhovnik sveštenik präst พระผู้สอนศาสนา (ในศาสนาคริสต์) papaz, rahip 牧師 священик گرجا کا ایک عہدہ دار mục sư 牧师
2. (the title of) the head of any of the divisions or departments of a government. the Minister for Education. minister وَزير министър ministro ministr, -yně der/die Minister(in) minister υπουργός ministro minister وزیر ministeri ministre שר शिक्षा मंत्री ministar miniszter menteri ráðherra ministro 大臣 장관 ministras ministrs menteri minister -minister, statsråd minister وزير ministro ministru министр minister, -ka minister ministar minister รัฐมนตรี bakan 部長 міністр وزير bộ trưởng 部长
verb
(with to) to give help (to). She ministered to his needs. omsien يَسْهَر على، يَرْعى، يُساعِد помагам cuidar de pečovat, pomáhat behilflich sein hjælpe; sørge for υπηρετώ atender, cuidar rahuldama خدمت کردن huolehtia donner des soins לְסַפֵּק צְרָכַיו सेवा करना pomagati segít membantu hlynna að provvedere a 〜に役立つ 주다, 공급하다 pasirūpinti, padėti palīdzēt; gādāt membantu verzorgen sørge for, yte hjelp til dbać خدمت كول cuidar de a avea grijă de прислуживать starať sa (o), pomôcť (komu) pomagati brinuti se hjälpa, gå tillhanda, sörja för ให้ความช่วยเหลือ yardım etmek; sağlamak 服侍,侍候 служити; допомагати مدد فراہم کرنا chăm sóc 服侍,照料
ministerial (miniˈstiəriəl) adjective
of or concerning ministers. ministerial duties. ministeriële كَهْنوتي، وزاري министерски ministerial ministerský; pastorský Ministerial-... ministeriel υπουργικός ministerial ministri-, õpetaja-, jutlustaja- وزیری ministerin ministériel, sacerdotal שֶׁל שַׂר मंत्रालय संबंधी pomoćni miniszteri yang berhubungan dengan menteri ráðherra- ministeriale; sacerdotale 大臣の 성직자의 ministro, ministrų ministra-; ministrijas- yang berkaitan dengan menteri ministerieel preste-; statsråds-, minister- ministerialny وزيرى ministerial minis­terial; sacerdotal министерский ministerský; pastorský ministrski ministarski minister-, prästerlig, präst- เกี่ยวกับรัฐมนตรี bakana ait 牧師的,部長的 службовий; міністерський وزرا سے متعلق thuộc bộ trưởng 部长的
ˈministry – plural ˈministries – noun
1. the profession, duties or period of service of a minister of religion. His ministry lasted for fifteen years. diens الأكليروس، الكَهْنوت министърска работа ministério pastorství das geistliche Amt kald; præstekald θητεία κληρικού sacerdocio, clerecía (kiriku)õpetajaamet دوره وزارت hengellinen palvelutyö ministère, sacerdoce כהונה मं‍त्रिमंडल duhovnička služba lelkészség jabatan pendeta prestsstörf ministero 牧師の職 목사 kunigystë, dvasininko pareigos mācītāja amats/kalpošanas laiks jabatan pendeta ambt van dominee presteembete, –gjerning praca duszpasterska, duszpasterstwo د وزارت دوره ministério ministeriat; preoţie функции, срок службы священника pastorstvo cerkvena služba sveštenička služba prästtjänst, -ämbete ภารกิจของพระ papazlık 牧師的身份、職務或任期 духівництво دینی نمائندہ کے فرائض اور عہدے کی مدت đoàn mục sư 牧师的职位或任期
2. a department of government or the building where its employees work. the Transport Ministry. ministerie وِزارَه министерство ministério ministerstvo das Ministerium ministerium; -ministerium υπουργείο ministerio ministeerium وزارتخانه ministeriö ministère משרד परिवहन मंत्रालय ministarstvo minisztérium kementerian ráðuneyti ministero 省 (행정부의) 부(성) ministerija ministrija kementerian ministerie departement, ministerium ministerstwo وزارت خونه ministério minister министерство ministerstvo ministrstvo ministarstvo departement, ministerium กระทรวง bakanlık (政府的)部 міністерство وزارت bộ (政府的)部
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ministry

→ كَهْنُوتٌ , وِزَارَةٌ kněžský úřad, ministerstvo ministerium, præstekald geistliches Amt , Ministerium ιερατείο , υπουργείο clerecía , ministerio ministeriö, papin virka ministère ministarstvo, svećenićka služba ministero 省, 聖職 부, 사역 geestelijk ambt , ministerie departement , presteembete duszpasterstwo , ministerstwo ministério духовенство , министерство departement, prästämbete กระทรวง, การช่วยเหลือ bakanlık , papazlık bộ, đoàn mục sư 牧师职位 , 部委
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He will send for Letheringham first, of course, and great pressure will be brought to bear upon him to form a ministry. But without you he will be helpless.
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Well-shaved, and with his stomach warmed by a cup of coffee, he left home at eight in the morning with the regularity of clock-work, always passing along the same streets on his way to the ministry: so neat was he, so formal, so starched that he might have been taken for an Englishman on the road to his embassy.
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My father was a clerk in the Ministry of Finances with no position at all.
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The ministry was the profession that suffered most--and still suffers, though there has been great improvement--on account of not only ignorant but in many cases immoral men who claimed that they were "called to preach." In the earlier days of freedom almost every coloured man who learned to read would receive "a call to preach" within a few days after he began reading.
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The Ministry answered, "We want a man who is listened to in the House, and we have got him." The papers supported the new nomination.
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The measures of the King and ministry were rendered more tyrannically violent by an opposition, which had not yet acquired sufficient confidence in its own strength to resist royal injustice with the sword.
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The ministry proffered various civil offices which yielded not only honor but profit; but he declined them all, with the chivalrous independence and loyalty that had marked his character through life.
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He had been a sailor and a harpooneer in his youth, but for many years past had dedicated his life to the ministry. At the time I now write of, Father Mapple was in the hardy winter of a healthy old age; that sort of old age which seems merging into a second flowering youth, for among all the fissures of his wrinkles, there shone certain mild gleams of a newly developing bloom --the spring verdure peeping forth even beneath February's snow.
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Having received an ultimatum from Austria, the Turkish Ministry met to consider it.
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Alexey Alexandrovitch was at the ministry. Anna, left alone, spent the time till dinner in assisting at her son's dinner (he dined apart from his parents) and in putting her things in order, and in reading and answering the notes and letters which had accumulated on her table.
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[Footnote: The Tories were the political ancestors of the present-day Conservatives; the Whigs of the Liberals.] who therefore gradually regained control, and in 1708 the Queen had to submit to a Whig ministry. She succeeded in ousting them in 1710, and a Tory cabinet was formed by Henry Harley (afterwards Earl of Oxford) and Henry St.
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"You will then obtain the Golden Fleece, if you are still in the ministry."
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