Ministry

Noun

 * 1) 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
 * 2) 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)
 * 3) A ministration
 * 4) The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.

Adjectives for Ministry
maternal; pestilential; virgin; corrupt; tyrannical; radiant; hopeless; arduous; gracious; angelic; stated; bright-winged; incompetent; dictatorial.

Verbs for Ministry
acquaint with—; appoint to—; execute—; forsake—; fulfill—; invest—; obey—; ordain by—; plunge into—; retire from—; suspend from—; train for—; —assents; — chastens; —corrects; —meditates; —officiates; —performs; —rebukes.

Thesaurus
administration, advisory council, agency, agent, aid, assistance, attendance, auspices, bailiwick, benefit, bureau, bureaucracy, cabinet, camarilla, care, channel, charge, clergy, clerical order, clericals, comfort, commissariat, constablery, constablewick, constabulary, council, council of state, cure, custodianship, custody, department, directorate, divan, ease, employ, employment, good offices, governance, government, guardianship, guidance, hands, help, hierarchy, higher echelons, higher-ups, holy orders, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, jurisdiction, keeping, kitchen cabinet, management, mean, medium, ministration, municipality, office, offices, officialdom, organ, oversight, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, peonage, prelacy, presbytery, priestery, priesthood, privy council, protection, protectorship, rabbinate, relief, religion, remedy, rescue, ruling class, ruling classes, sacred calling, safe hands, secretariat, serfdom, service, servitium, servitorship, servitude, shadow cabinet, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shrievalty, slavery, stewardship, succor, support, tendance, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities, the church, the cloth, the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite, the power structure, the pulpit, the top, them, therapy, they, top brass, tutelage, vehicle, ward, wardenship, wardship, watch and ward, wing

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 * Dutch: bediening van de eredienst


 * Greek: ιερατείο