ministerium

American  

[min-uh-steer-ee-uhm] / ˌmɪn əˈstɪər i əm /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. an organization of local ministers or religious leaders who work with other community leaders on social or educational programs.

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ministerium British  

/ ˌmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəm /

noun

1. the body of the Lutheran ministers in a district

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Etymology

Origin of ministerium

From Latin, dating back to 1855–60; see origin at ministry

Example Sentences

Furthermore, the ministerium, the college of pastors, conferred the office and made pastors through ordination, a rite considered essential to the ministry, and without which no one was regarded a lawful and full-fledged pastor.

From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

Inde apparuisse ventris quoque haud segne ministerium esse, nec magis ali quam alere eum, reddentem in omnes corporis partes hunc, quo vivimus vigemusque, divisum pariter in venas, maturum confecto cibo sanguinem.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Livy, in the passage just cited from him, adds tum coquus villisimum antiquis mancipium, et estimatione et usu in pretio esse; ut quod ministerium fuerat, ars haberi coepta.

From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by Watson, John Selby

The Swedish ministers met with the Germans in the earlier meetings of the ministerium.

From The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America by Schmucker, Beale M.

Synod had also received a Reformed minister as such into her ministerium.

From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by Bente, F. (Friedrich)