ministrynoun
uk/ˈmɪn.ɪ.stri/us/ˈmɪn.ə.stri/ministry noun (GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT)
C1 [ C ] in Britain and some other countries, a department of the government led by a minister:
the Ministry of Defence/Agriculture
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- The ministry of culture will be allotted about $6 million less this year.
- She was moved to the Ministry of Culture.
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UK politics: government departments & organizations
- agency
- bureau
- Customs and Excise
- Downing Street
- executive
- FCO
- interior
- legation
- lobby
- lower house
- MI5
- MI6
- mod
- quango
- secret service
- secretariat
- State Department
- the CSA
- the diplomatic service
- the Treasury
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ministry noun (RELIGIOUS WORK)
[ U ] work as a church minister:
He practised a preaching and teaching ministry there for over 40 years.
the ministry
the job of being a priest:
In 1985 he decided to go into/leave the ministry.
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Religious leaders & officials
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- ayatollah
- bishop
- clerical
- confessor
- curacy
- curate
- deacon
- muezzin
- mullah
- padre
- papal
- parish clerk
- rabbi
- rector
- sexton
- swami
- the Dalai Lama
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