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ministerialist

British  
/ ˌmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəlɪst /

noun

  1. a supporter of the governing ministry

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The two following letters contain obscure allusions, which, so far as we can now interpret them, appear to indicate that Thomas Pitt at any rate was at this time a ministerialist and supporter of Sir Robert Walpole.

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The Ministerialist Whipper-in has a little book in his hand, and is busy in his calculation. 

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Harcourt stroked Ministerialist back wrong way; and Goschen replied in animated speech.

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He became known in the House of Commons principally for his candid criticism of the measures introduced by his nominal leaders, and he was rather to be ranked among the Opposition than as a Ministerialist; and when the crisis with the Transvaal 329 came in 1899, Mr Courtney’s views, which remained substantially what they were when he supported the settlement after Majuba in 1881, had plainly become incompatible with his position even as a nominal follower of Lord Salisbury and Mr Chamberlain.

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

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