ministerialismn.
/ˌmɪnᵻˈstɪərɪəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌmɪnəˈstɪriəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌmɪnəˈstɛriəlɪz(ə)m/ 1. Government by ministers; the advocacy of such government. Also: partisan support of the government in power.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > ministerialism
ministerialism1776
1776 L. Carter Let. 31 Oct. in G. Washington Papers (1997) Revolutionary War Ser. VII. 61 I..see their Proficiency in the arts of Ministerialism.
1790 Marquis de Lafayette Let. 23 Aug. in G. Washington Papers (1996) Presidential Ser. VI. 317 The Clubs of the jacobines, and 89 it is Called, Have divided the friends of liberty who accuse each other, 89 [Being taxed] with a tincture of Ministerialism, and Ambition.
1824 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 423 Whoever are not for the ministry are against them; ministerialism is party, and opposition is party.
1830 Fraser's Mag. 2 258 His unbending ministerialism..cut him off from Whig sympathy.
1873 Daily News 28 July 4/7 An exaggerated Ministerialism is ill met by an exaggerated sectarianism.
1925 S. Lawrence tr. L. Trotsky Lessons Oct. 1917 iv. 37 Those among the Bolshevists who accused the Menshevists of ministerialism.
1969 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Jan. 16/1 The staid political mechanisms of Fourth Republic ministerialism may yet come to be regretted by comparison with the arbitrary presidential actions of the Fifth.
1977 N. Young Infantile Disorder? iv. 73 The betrayals and ‘ministerialism’ of various Left-Labour MPs..were perhaps nothing new in the history of parliamentary socialism.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > service of
servicec1384
church servicea1400
ministration1535
ministry1560
ministering1566
ministerialism1884
1884 Sword & Trowel July 342 There are scores of men whose sole ambition seems to be to sink their manliness in ministerialism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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