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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ministry \Min"is*try\, n.; pl. Ministries . [L. ministerium. See Minister, n., and cf. Mystery a trade.]
The act of ministering; ministration; service. ``With tender ministry.''
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Hence: Agency; instrumentality.
The ordinary ministry of second causes.
--Atterbury.The wicked ministry of arms.
--Dryden. The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.
The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.
Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "function of a priest," from Old French menistere "service, ministry; position, post, employment," and directly from Latin ministerium "office, service, attendance, ministry," from minister (see minister (n.)). Began to be used 1916 as name of certain departments in British government.
Wiktionary
n. 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, but also as a polity 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. 5 (context Christianity English) (rfdef lang=en topic=Christianity)
WordNet
n. religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
building where the business of a government ministry is transacted
a government department under the direction of a minister
Wikipedia
Ministry may refer to:
Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer and only original member Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a new wave synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to become one of the pioneers of industrial metal in the mid-1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs (1992) and touring as part of the Lollapalooza festival.
After 27 years of performing, Jourgensen decided to end the band in 2008, saying a reunion would never happen. However, in August 2011, a reunion was announced, when Ministry confirmed they would play one of their first shows in four years at the Wacken Open Air festival in August 2012. Ministry released a new album, Relapse, on March 23, 2012, which was followed by a world tour. Following the death of long time guitarist Mike Scaccia, Ministry released their most recent studio album From Beer to Eternity in September 2013, and subsequently began to tour again with new guitarist Cesar Soto.
A ministry is a governmental organisation, headed by a minister, that is usually meant to manage a specific sector of public administration. Ministries have a bureaucratic structure.
Different states have different number of ministries. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary notes that all states have Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense (that can be divided into ministries for land forces and navy), Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Finance. Ministry of Education is also common.
Ministries are usually an immediate subdivision of the Cabinet (i.e. the executive branch of the government), and subordinate to its chief executive who is either called prime minister, chief minister, president, minister-president or (federal) chancellor.
In the 20th century, many Western countries (including monarchies such as Belgium and the United Kingdom) have trended away from the usage of the designation "ministry", preferring to replace it partially or entirely with words such as department, office, state secretariat, public service, or even agency and bureau. In some countries, these terms may be used with specific meanings, for example an office may be a subdivision of a department.
A ministry (usually preceded by the definite article, i.e., the ministry) refers to a collective body of government ministers headed by a prime minister or premier. It is described by the Oxford Dictionary as "a period of government under one prime minister”. Although the term " cabinet" can in some circumstances be a synonym, a ministry can be a broader concept which might include office-holders that do not participate in cabinet meetings. Other titles can include "administration" (in the United States) or "government" (in common usage among most parliamentary systems) to describe similar collectives.
The term is primarily used to describe the successive governments of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which share a common parliamentary political heritage. In the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, a new ministry begins after each election, regardless of whether the prime minister remains the same. For example, after winning the 1979 general election, Margaret Thatcher, as prime minister of the United Kingdom, began the First Thatcher ministry. After winning the 1983 general election, she began the Second Thatcher ministry, and so on. In Canada, a new ministry is only formed if the government loses an election.
Despite the use of the term "ministry" in this sense being rare in Portugal nowadays, until the first half of the 20th century, the term was frequently used in this country to designate the collective body of government ministers. From 1911 to 1933, the official title of the prime minister of Portugal was even that of "President of the Ministry" , reflecting his role as the head of the collective ministry.
Ministry: International Journal for Pastors is an international monthly magazine for Christian ministers, with a circulation of approximately 78,000. It is published by the Ministerial Association (website), an official body of the worldwide Adventist church. It is aimed at pastors and ministers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and also those of other denominations. It has a monthly circulation of roughly 18,000 to Adventist church leaders, and a bi-monthly circulation of roughly 60,000 to clergy from other denominations on a complimentary basis. As of 2011 it is edited by Derek Morris. Its ISSN is 0026-5314.
Ministry is a horror comic book created by writer-artist LJ Phillips.
The comic is set on Crowley Island, an abandoned government centre where horrific occult experiments once took place. Hundreds were maimed and killed in the government’s quest for occult knowledge.
The final experiment was conducted on a young run-away Ruthie and it killed her. As she died, she laid a curse on the Crowley Island. Her death combined with the energies produced by the experiment gave her curse power. Shortly afterwards, military fortifications were set up around the Crowley 1 Research Center to act as a barrier between it and the rest of the world. This wasn’t to keep people out but rather to contain Ruthie’s curse. In time, this became the final stop for every failed special forces operative, including the series’ protagonist, Sgt David Hanson. Of course, by that time the fortifications had a name. They were called the Ministry.
Usage examples of "ministry".
Lord Anthos Korr from the Ministry of Justice is demanding to speak with you.
The British ministry being apprized of his arrival in France, at once comprehended the destination of the armaments prepared at Brest and Boulogne.
Amidst this labyrinthine organization and all the multitude of offices and agencies of the Ministry of Economics and the Four-Year Plan and the Niagara of thousands of special decrees and laws even the most astute businessman was often lost, and special lawyers had to be employed to enable a firm to function.
The ministry of France foresaw, that even if this aim should miscarry, a descent upon Great Britain would make a considerable diversion from the continent in favour of France, and embroil and embarrass his Britannic majesty, who was the chief support of the house of Austria, and all its allies.
Messages were received from both the company head office and the Ministry of Transport requiring captain Bullen to co-operate with the United States Navy.
For all of the following twenty-four hours captain Bullen had brooded over the recent happenings, then had sent off a couple of cablegrams, one to the head office in London, the other to the Ministry of Transport, telling them what he, captain Bullen, thought of them.
A lack of sympathy with certain liturgical expressions, a fear of being hypocritical, of being believed to hold the orthodox position in its entirety, justifies a man in not entering the ministry of the Church, even if he desires on general grounds to do so, but these are paltry motives for cutting oneself off from communion with believers.
Now her long, beautiful ministry was over, for Horace Everidge, serenely selfish to the last, had fallen into the slumber which knows no earthly waking, and Aunt Marthe was free.
Institute of Applied Microbiology was involved in research into infectious diseases, but the high wire fence and heavy gates manned around the clock by troops from the Ministry of Internal Affairs ensured that there would be no casual visitors.
It seemed that with everything going on, the Ministry of Misdirection had become moot.
In their dealings with him they had found him a dedicated man, completely bound up in the Moonraker, living for nothing but its success, driving his men to the limit, fighting for priorities in material with other departments, goading the Ministry of Supply into clearing his requirements at Cabinet level.
Johan Sverdrup, to form a ministry, that parliamentarism had actually triumphed.
As well as these there was of course the brilliant spectrum of officers - the particoloured Scots were particularly admired - people from the various ministries in their comparatively subfusc court dress, and civilians of all sorts, the levee being a wonderful place for discreet contacts, for the gathering of information, and for learning just how influence and favour waxed or waned.
He once told me he had worked as a younger man in the Ministry of Health, within a facility he called the Institute of Pharmacology, in some sort of intelligence capacity.
Nothing matters much to a squatter except pleuro, the scab, and a change of ministry, which would probably affect the tenure of his run.