MINISTERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ministerial mean? 

• MINISTERIAL (adjective)
  The adjective MINISTERIAL has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office

2. of or relating to a government minister or ministry

  Familiarity information: MINISTERIAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINISTERIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

ministerial duties

Pertainym:

minister (a person authorized to conduct religious worship)

Derivation:

minister (a person authorized to conduct religious worship)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to a government minister or ministry

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

ministerial decree

Pertainym:

minister (a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador)

Derivation:

minister (the job of a head of a government department)

minister (a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador)

minister (a person appointed to a high office in the government)

 Context examples 

Zealous in his ministerial labours, blameless in his life and habits, he yet did not appear to enjoy that mental serenity, that inward content, which should be the reward of every sincere Christian and practical philanthropist.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)