ministerially
- a word derived from ministerial.
Example Sentences
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Old Nick, in his ministerially commissioned report last week, thinks only 10 or 12, at most, can make a go of two hours a day of – memorable phrase – "reasonably low-cost but high-quality broadcasting".
From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2010
I assure your Excellency, I never had a thought of appearing upon the scene, or of taking ministerially or otherwise any step towards the two mediators.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) by Various
In like manner neither do men produce the sacramental effect, except ministerially, as also stated above.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
The lawyer took leave of me with the customary "At your orders; here you are in your own house," and marched ministerially away with the several pompous friends who had accompanied him.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson
The chapel we are noticing has a spacious appearance within, and has none of that depressing dulness which makes some people very sad long before they have been ministerially operated upon.
From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus