1. Noun
The act of ministering; ministration; service.
2. Noun
Agency; instrumentality.
3. Noun
The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.
4. Noun
The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.
5. Noun
Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.
6. Noun
building where the business of a government ministry is transacted
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
7. Noun
the work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry"
Vocabulary classified under Economics
8. Noun
a government department under the direction of a minister of state
Vocabulary classified under Politics and government
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