'Ministerial' definitions:
Definition of 'ministerial'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office; "ministerial duties"
adjective
Of or relating to a government minister or ministry; "ministerial decree"
Definition of 'Ministerial'
From: GCIDE
- Ministerial \Min`is*te"ri*al\, a. [L. ministerialis: cf. F. minist['e]riel. See Minister, and cf. Minstrel.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant. [1913 Webster]
- Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal. "Ministerial offices." --Bacon. "A ministerial measure." --Junius. "Ministerial garments." --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Tending to advance or promote; contributive. "Ministerial to intellectual culture." --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- The ministerial benches, the benches in the House of Commons occupied by members of the cabinet and their supporters; -- also, the persons occupying them. "Very solid and very brilliant talents distinguish the ministerial benches." --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Official; priestly; sacerdotal; ecclesiastical. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ministerial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbatial,
- abbatical,
- accessory,
- adjuvant,
- administrating,
- administrative,
- agential,
- agentival,
- agentive,
- ambassadorial,
- ancillary,
- archiepiscopal,
- assistant,
- assisting,
- auxiliary,
- bureaucratic,
- canonical,
- capitular,
- capitulary,
- churchly,
- clerical,
- conducive,
- consular,
- diplomatic,
- directing,
- ecclesiastic,
- employable,
- episcopal,
- episcopalian,
- evangelistic,
- executive,
- facilitating,
- favoring,
- forwarding,
- fostering,
- handy,
- helpful,
- helping,
- instrumental,
- intermediary,
- managing,
- mediating,
- mediatorial,
- ministering,
- ministrant,
- nurtural,
- nutricial,
- official,
- officiating,
- pastoral,
- plenipotentiary,
- prelatial,
- prelatic,
- presiding,
- priest-ridden,
- priestish,
- priestly,
- promoting,
- rabbinic,
- sacerdotal,
- serviceable,
- serving,
- subservient,
- subsidiary,
- supervisory,
- ultramontane,
- useful