ministerial
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a minister of religion or his office
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of or relating to a government minister or ministry
a ministerial act
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(often capital) of or supporting the ministry or government against the opposition
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law relating to or possessing delegated executive authority
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law (of an office, duty, etc) requiring the following of instructions, without power to exercise any personal discretion in doing so
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acting as an agent or cause; instrumental
Other Word Forms
- antiministerial adjective
- antiministerially adverb
- interministerial adjective
- ministerially adverb
- nonministerial adjective
- nonministerially adverb
- pseudoministerial adjective
- quasi-ministerial adjective
- semiministerial adjective
- unministerial adjective
- unministerially adverb
Etymology
Origin of ministerial
1555–65; < Late Latin ministeriālis, equivalent to Latin ministeri ( um ) ministry + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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There are currently three investigations ongoing, by the Defence Accident Investigation Branch, the Army's safety investigation team and a ministerial review.
From BBC
It delivered some of its cuts by shutting court rooms, and by 2022, eight crown court centres and more than 160 magistrates courts were gone, according to ministerial answers to parliamentary questions.
From BBC
After FMQs, Swinney told journalists that he had examined how Constance had used the quote from Prof Jay and had decided there had not been a breach of the ministerial code.
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He said he had ordered a ministerial review alongside two other investigations being carried out by the Defence Accident Investigation Branch and the Army Safety Investigation Team.
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An investigation found she had "acted with integrity," but her failure to get the correct tax advice on the purchase fell short of ministerial standards.
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