ministry

min·is·try  (mn-str)

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.

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[Middle English ministerie, from Old French ministere, from Latin ministerium, from minister, servant; see mei-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ministry [ˈmɪnɪstrɪ]

n pl -tries

1. (Christianity / 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

[from Latin ministerium service, from minister servant; see minister]

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Ministry a group of ministers of state, 1710; the clergy, 1566.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ministry - religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian) priesthood - the body of ordained religious practitioners
	2.	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.	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?

Translations

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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ministry → كهنوت, وزارة 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 clero, ministério духовенство, министерство departement, prästämbete กระทรวง, หน้าที่ของพระ bakanlık, papazlık bộ, đoàn mục sư 牧师职位, 部委