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ministry

noun

1 ministry

Religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian).

Roget 693: direction; management, managery; government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance; bossism [U.S.]; legislature; steerage, pilotage; ... show more

Roget 707: aid, aidance; assistance, help, opitulation, succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy etc. ... show more

Roget 995: church, churchdom; ministry, apostleship, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch, church government, christendom, pale of the church.    clericalism, sacerdotalism, episcopalianism, ... show more

Roget 996: clergy, clericals, ministry, priesthood, presbytery, the cloth, the desk.    clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, churchman, priest, presbyter, hierophant, ... show more

2 ministry

Building where the business of a government ministry is transacted.

Dutch: ministerie
Polish: ministerstwo

3 ministry

A government department under the direction of a minister of state.

Dutch: departement, ministerie
Polish: resort, ministerstwo

4 ministry

The work of a minister of religion.

Polish: służba Boża, duszpasterstwo


Moby thesaurus: Sacred College, administration, advisory council, agency, agent, aid, assistance, attendance, auspices, bailiwick, benefit, bureau, bureaucracy, cabinet, camarilla, care, channel, charge, clergy, clerical order ... show more.

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