Complex sentence: Ministerialis (plural ministeriales; a post-classical Latin word, used in English, meaning originally "servitor" or "agent", in a broad range of senses) were people raised up from serfdom to be placed in positions of power and responsibility.
Split into simpler sentences: Ministerialis (plural ministeriales); a post-classical Latin word, used in English, meaning originally "servitor", "agent", in a broad range of senses. These were people raised up from serfdom to be placed in positions of power and responsibility.