Ministerial

  • 61ministerial — a. 1. Attendant, subservient, subsidiary, conducive, assistant. 2. Executive, ambassadorial, official. 3. Sacerdotal, ecclesiastical, priestly, official, clerical …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 62Ministérial — ♦ Domestic official. (Duby, Georges. Rural Economy and Country Life in the Medieval West, 555) …

    Medieval glossary

  • 63ministerial — adj 1. clerical, priestly, sacerdotal, pastoral; ecclesiastical, hierarchical, prelatic, canonical, capitular. 2. ambassadorial, diplomatic, consular, emissary, representative, plenipotentiary, official, Inf. cabinet. 3. ministering, serving,… …

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  • 64ministerial — min·is·te·ri·al …

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  • 65ministerial — min•is•te•ri•al [[t]ˌmɪn əˈstɪər i əl[/t]] adj. 1) rel pertaining to a religious minister or ministry 2) gov pertaining to a ministry or minister of state 3) gov pertaining to or invested with delegated executive authority 4) serving as an… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 66ministerial — /mɪnəsˈtɪəriəl/ (say minuhs tearreeuhl) adjective 1. relating to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or member of the clergy. 2. relating to a ministry or minister of state. 3. relating to or invested with delegated executive authority. 4 …

  • 67ministerial — Subservient or subsidiary; mandatory as opposed to judicial or discretionary; pertaining to an act or duty performed in accordance with legal authority, rather than with regard to propriety, judgment etc. Antin v Union High School Dist. 130 Or… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 68Individual ministerial responsibility — Ministerial responsibility or individual ministerial responsibility is a constitutional convention in governments using the Westminster System that a cabinet minister bears the ultimate responsibility for the actions of their ministry or… …

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  • 69The ministerial benches — Ministerial Min is*te ri*al, a. [L. ministerialis: cf. F. minist[ e]riel. See {Minister}, and cf. {Minstrel}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant. [1913 Webster] Enlightening spirits and ministerial… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 70ministerial code —    The handbook of guidelines for ministers which suggests how they should behave. Among other things, it covers the way in which they should bring political issues to the Cabinet, handling the media and dealing with the ethical issues that arise …

    Glossary of UK Government and Politics