Ministry - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmɪnɪstrɪ|  American pronunciation of the word ministry
Brit.  |ˈmɪnɪstrɪ|  British pronunciation of the word ministry

noun

- religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
- building where the business of a government ministry is transacted
- a government department under the direction of a minister of state
- the work of a minister of religion
he is studying for the ministry

Extra examples

She learned a lot during her first year of ministry.

Their existence as a Ministry was only a question of days.

His ministry is among the poor.

Air Ministry

Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Foreign /External/ Affairs

So what prompted him to enter the ministry?

The ministry of foreign affairs

The Ministry was certain to fall in a short time.

The ministry affirmed that the visit had been postponed.

The ministry vails to every measure to humour the people.

The information given to the press was carefully censored by the Ministry of Defence.

Converted in his early teens, he entered the ministry (=started working as a church leader) in 1855.

Emergency aid was siphoned off by foreign ministry officials for their own use.

The Food Ministry is attached to the Ministry of Agriculture.

He has been transferred from the Defence Ministry to the Treasury.

Word forms

noun
singular: ministry
plural: ministries
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