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ministerialist

British  
/ ˌmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəlɪst /

noun

  1. a supporter of the governing ministry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lord Eldon, for instance, is known to be a thorough-paced ministerialist: his opinion is only that of his party.

From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by William Hazlitt

Selwyn was a ministerialist, though he seems to have kept a cooler head than many of his friends.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by E. S. Roscoe

A General Clark, a Scotchman and ministerialist, sat next to me.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Mr. Horner, the late high sheriff, and a staunch ministerialist, came forward to propose an amendment, which, after some little hacking and hammering, he read.

From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Henry Hunt

A year later, after the change of government at Ottawa, a Quebec ministerialist again moved in the House of Commons the resolution of censure.

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Oscar Douglas Skelton

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