ministery
English
Noun
ministery (plural ministeries)
- Archaic form of ministry.
- 1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […], →OCLC:
- For the ministration of the Law consisting of carnal things , drew to it such a Ministery as consisted of carnal respects , dignity ; precedence , and the like
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ministery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Middle English
Noun
ministery
- Alternative form of mynisterie