ministerialist
Britishnoun
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He often quotes his father for the saying, 'I am a ministerialist.'
From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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 Hunt, Henry
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 Roscoe, E. S.
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 Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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 Hazlitt, William
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