ministry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ministry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ministry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ministry n religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian) building where the business of a government department is transacted a government department under the direction of a minister the work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ministry \Min"istry\, n.; pl. Ministries . [L. ministerium. See {Minister}, n., and cf. {Mystery} a trade.] 1. The act of ministering; ministration; service. [bd]With tender ministry.[b8] --Thomson. 2. Hence: Agency; instrumentality. The ordinary ministry* of second causes. --Atterbury. The wicked ministry of arms. --Dryden. 3. The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession. 4. The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body. 5. Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.