ministry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnɪstɹi/
Forms: form: ministries
Etymology: From Middle English mynisterie, borrowed from Old French menistere, in turn borrowed itself from Latin ministerium; equivalent to minister + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She works for the ministry of finance.
text: He works for the ministry of defence.
text: I work for the ministry of education.
text: They work for the ministry of agriculture.
hyponyms: word: ministry of agriculture
word: ministry of commerce
word: ministry of communications
word: ministry of culture
word: ministry of culture and sports
word: ministry of defense
word: ministry of education
word: ministry of finance
word: ministry of foreign affairs
word: ministry of justice
word: ministry of labour
word: ministry of labour and social affairs
word: ministry of health
word: ministry of development
word: ministry of the environment
word: ministry of the interior
word: ministry of the state
word: ministry of trade
word: ministry of trade and commerce
word: ministry of trade and industry
word: ministry of transport
word: ministry of tourism
word: Department of Agriculture
word: Department of Commerce
word: Department of Defense
word: Department of Education
word: Department of Energy
word: Department of Health and Human Services
word: Department of Homeland Security
word: Department of Housing and Urban Development
word: Department of the Interior
word: Department of Justice
word: Department of Labor
word: Department of State
word: Department of Transportation
word: Department of the Treasury
word: Department of Veterans Affairs
word: Attorney General's Office
word: Cabinet Office
word: Department for Business
word: Energy and Industrial Strategy
word: Department for Digital
word: Culture
word: Media and Sport
word: Department for Education
word: Department for Environment
word: Food and Rural Affairs
word: Department for International Trade
word: Department for Levelling Up
word: Housing and Communities
word: Department for Transport
word: Department for Work and Pensions
word: Department of Health and Social Care
word: Foreign Office
word: Foreign
word: Commonwealth and Development Office
word: HM Treasury
word: Home Office
word: Ministry of Defence
word: Ministry of Justice
word: Northern Ireland Office
word: Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
word: Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
word: Office of the Leader of the House of Lords
word: UK Export Finance
glosses: Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
examples: text: The premier offered his last ministry's resignation to the monarch, and is asked to form a new one in accordance with the election results.
glosses: The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)
glosses: A ministration
glosses: The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
examples: text: the present ministry of the Holy Spirit
topics: Christianity
glosses: Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.
Derived terms: bus ministry
fivefold ministry
interministry
intraministry
megaministry
ministerial
ministryship
prime ministry
superministry
team ministry
underministry