ministry

[ min-uh-stree ]
/ ˈmɪn ə stri /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR ministry ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural min·is·tries.

QUIZZES

QUIZ YOURSELF ON THESE WORDS FROM BROWN GIRL DREAMING!

Visualize yourself passing this quiz on words from Jacqueline Woodson’s exquisite verse novel “Brown Girl Dreaming,” and then take the quiz to prove you can do it! (Because you can.)
Question 1 of 10
What does “barren” mean?
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides.
Worn down by dullness, tedious repetition.
unproductive; unfruitful
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of ministry

1175–1225; Middle English <Latin ministerium, equivalent to ministerminister + -ium-ium

OTHER WORDS FROM ministry

pre·min·is·try, noun, plural pre·min·is·tries.pseu·do·min·is·try, noun, plural pseu·do·min·is·tries.un·der·min·is·try, noun, plural un·der·min·is·tries.

Words nearby ministry

minister without portfolio, ministrant, ministrate, ministration, ministroke, ministry, minisub, minitower, minitrack, minium, Mini-Vac
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Words related to ministry

department, bureau, exhortation, preaching, prayer, clergy, priesthood, prelacy, ecclesiastics, clergymen, clerics, vicarage, clericals, the cloth, the pulpit, executive branch

Example sentences from the Web for ministry

British Dictionary definitions for ministry

ministry
/ (ˈmɪnɪstrɪ) /

noun plural -tries

  1. the profession or duties of a minister of religion
  2. the performance of these duties
ministers of religion or government ministers considered collectively
the tenure of a minister
  1. a government department headed by a minister
  2. the buildings of such a department

Word Origin for ministry

C14: from Latin ministerium service, from minister servant; see minister
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012