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ministerial

American  
[min-uh-steer-ee-uhl] / ˌmɪn əˈstɪər i əl /

adjective

  1. pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.

  2. pertaining to a ministry or minister of state.

  3. pertaining to or invested with delegated executive authority.

  4. of ministry or service.

  5. serving as an instrument or means; instrumental.

ministerial British  
/ ˌmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a minister of religion or his office

  2. of or relating to a government minister or ministry

    a ministerial act

  3. (often capital) of or supporting the ministry or government against the opposition

  4. law relating to or possessing delegated executive authority

  5. law (of an office, duty, etc) requiring the following of instructions, without power to exercise any personal discretion in doing so

  6. acting as an agent or cause; instrumental

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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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The MP for Hartlepool held a number of ministerial roles but was twice forced to resign in scandal.

From BBC

Selakovic had waived his right to ministerial immunity, allowing the trial to proceed, and all the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.

From Barron's

Reform will be at the heart of the WTO's ministerial meeting in Cameroon next month.

From Barron's

Firstly, in 1998, he resigned as trade and industry secretary after a row about borrowing a third of a million pounds from a ministerial colleague.

From BBC

Murphy was a Labour MP for 18 years and held ministerial jobs in the New Labour years, including as Europe minister and Scottish secretary.

From BBC

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