noun (plural ministries)
1 [C] (BrE) a government department that has a particular area of responsibility:
the Ministry of Defence * a ministry spokesperson
2 (the Ministry) [sing.+sing./pl.v.] ministers of religion, especially Protestant ministers, when they are mentioned as a group:
He was an excellent candidate for the Baptist ministry.
3 [C,usually sing.] the work and duties of a minister in the Church; the period of time spent working as a minister in the Church
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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