'Ministry' definitions:
Definition of 'ministry'
(from WordNet)
noun
Religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
noun
Building where the business of a government department is transacted
noun
A government department under the direction of a minister
noun
The work of a minister of religion; "he is studying for the ministry"
Definition of 'Ministry'
From: GCIDE
- Ministry \Min"is*try\, n.; pl. Ministries . [L. ministerium. See Minister, n., and cf. Mystery a trade.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of ministering; ministration; service. "With tender ministry." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Agency; instrumentality. [1913 Webster]
- The ordinary ministry of second causes. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- The wicked ministry of arms. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ministry'
From: Moby 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,
- Sacred College,
- safe hands,
- secretariat,
- serfdom,
- service,
- servitium,
- servitorship,
- servitude,
- shadow cabinet,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffwick,
- shrievalty,
- slavery,
- stewardship,
- succor,
- support,
- tendance,
- the administration,
- the authorities,
- the church,
- the cloth,
- the Establishment,
- 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