interministerialadj.
/ˌɪntəmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəl/ 1. Belonging to a period between two ministries.
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society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > belonging to interregnum > belonging to period between ministries
interministerial1861
1861 T. E. May Constit. Hist. Eng. (1863) I. ii. 126 The provisional character of this inter-ministerial government.
2. Involving the participation of two or more ministers or of the representatives of two or more departments of state; constituted from members of different departments of state.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [adjective] > involving two or more ministries
interministerial1937
1937 Times 30 Dec. 10/1 After a day of almost incessant inter-Ministerial consultation..the Government decided to take a firm line with the strikers.
1967 Economist 29 Apr. 477/1 A secret report on the labour market by the commissioner-general for national planning, M. Francois-Xavier Ortoli, is to be discussed by a special interministerial committee within the next 10 days.
1970 Nature 8 Aug. 544/2 In most countries..there is an inter-ministerial committee for science and technology.
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