ministerial
adjective
pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
unministerial
-
a word derived from
ministerial.
Example Sentences
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That year, Bishop Anton Bast was found guilty of “imprudent and unministerial conduct” and suspended from work as a bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, a predecessor to the United Methodist Church.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
In the third week of their Quadrennial General Conference at Kansas City, the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church passed judgment upon Anton Bast, Bishop of Copenhagen, who was accused of unministerial, imprudent conduct.
From Time Magazine Archive
This character, it was alleged, has misused charity funds of the church, acting in an "imprudent and unministerial" fashion.
From Time Magazine Archive
The parson mounted a raw-boned, Roman-nosed pinto, whose vivid calico markings, together with the rider's brilliant scarf gave a most unministerial, not to say bizarre effect to the outfit.
From The Gold Girl by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
Sallie Kingsbury would have given up the ghost without more ado, had she known what secular and unministerial passions were converging about Parson Thayer's peaceful library.
From The Stolen Singer by Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger
