Ministry

What do we mean by ministry?

The act of serving; ministration. noun

One that serves as a means; an instrumentality. noun

The profession, duties, and services of a minister. noun

The Christian clergy. noun

The period of service of a minister. noun

A governmental department presided over by a minister. noun

The building in which such a department is housed. noun

The duties, functions, or term of a governmental minister. noun

Governmental ministers considered as a group. noun

The act of ministering; the rendering of service; ministration. noun

The state of ministering or serving; agency; instrumentality. noun

The office or function of a minister, civil or ecclesiastical; the state of being a minister, in any sense; the exercise of a ministerial office: as, to discharge one's ministry faithfully; to enter the ministry of the gospel; to be appointed to the ministry of war. noun

The general or a particular body of ministers of religion; the ministerial or clerical class; the clergy or priesthood. noun

The body of ministers of state in a conntry; the heads of departments collectively; the executive administration: as, to form a ministry; the policy of the British ministry; the French ministry has resigned. In the United States the corresponding body is called the cabinet. noun

A ministerial department of government; the organization of functionaries administering a branch of public affairs; a minister and his subordinates collectively: as, the ministry of war or of justice. noun

The act of ministering; ministration; service. noun

Agency; instrumentality. 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, but also as a polity

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)

A ministration

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

The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.

Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.

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Adjectives that are often used to describe ministry:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective ministry:
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