ministry

English

Etymology

From Middle English mynisterie, borrowed from Old French menistere, in turn borrowed itself from Latin ministerium; equivalent to minister +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnɪstɹi/

• Audio (Berkshire, UK)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧try

Noun

ministry (plural ministries)

1. 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

   She works for the ministry of finance.

   He works for the ministry of defence.

   I work for the ministry of education.

   They work for the ministry of agriculture.

2. 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)

   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.

3. A ministration
4. The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
5. (Christianity) The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
6. (Christianity) Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.

   the present ministry of the Holy Spirit

Derived terms

• bus ministry
• fivefold ministry
• ministerial
• prime ministry

Hyponyms

• ministry of education

Translations

government department

• Albanian: ministri (sq) m
• Arabic: وِزَارَة f (wizāra)
• Armenian: նախարարություն (hy) (naxararutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: nazirlik
• Basque: ministerioa
• Belarusian: міністэ́рства n (ministérstva)
• Bengali: ওজারত (ozarot)
• Bulgarian: министе́рство (bg) n (ministérstvo)
• Burmese: ဝန်ကြီးဌာန (my) (wankri:htana.)
• Catalan: ministeri (ca) m
• Chichewa: unduna
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 部 (zh) (bù)

• Crimean Tatar: nazirlik
• Czech: ministerstvo (cs) n
• Danish: ministerium n
• Dutch: ministerie (nl) n, departement (nl) n
• Esperanto: ministerio, ministrejo
• Estonian: ministeerium
• Finnish: ministeriö (fi)
• French: ministère (fr) m
• Georgian: სამინისტრო (saminisṭro)
• German: Ministerium (de) n
• Greek: υπουργείο (el) n (ypourgeío)
• Hausa: ma'aikataa
• Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד (he) m (misrád)
• Hindi: मंत्रालय (hi) m (mantrālay)
• Hungarian: minisztérium (hu)
• Icelandic: klerkdómur n
• Ido: ministerio (io)
• Indonesian: kementerian (id)
• Irish: aireacht f
• Italian: ministero (it)
• Japanese: 省 (ja) (しょう, shō)
• Kazakh: министрлік (ministrlık)
• Khmer: ក្រសួង (km) (krɑsuəng)
• Korean: 부(部) (ko) (bu), 성(省) (ko) (seong)
• Kyrgyz: министерство (ministerstvo)
• Lao: ກະຊວງ (lo) (ka sūang)
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• Latin: ministerium n
• Latvian: ministrija f
• Lithuanian: ministerija f
• Macedonian: министерство n (ministerstvo)
• Malay: kementerian
• Malayalam: മന്ത്രാലയം (ml) (mantrālayaṁ)
• Maori: tari, minitatanga, manatū
• Mongolian: санваартан (mn) (sanvaartan), яам (mn) (jaam)
• Ngazidja Comorian: wizara class 11
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ministerium n

• Pashto: وزارت m (wezārát)
• Persian: وزارت (fa) (vezârat)
• Plautdietsch: Aumt n
• Polish: ministerstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: ministério (pt) m
• Romanian: minister (ro) m
• Russian: министе́рство (ru) n (ministérstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: министа̀рство n

  Roman: ministàrstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: ministerstvo n
• Slovene: ministrstvo (sl) n
• Somali: wasaarad
• Spanish: ministerio (es) m, cartera (es)
• Swahili: wizara (sw)
• Swedish: ministär (sv)
• Tajik: вазорат (tg) (vazorat)
• Thai: กระทรวง (th) (grà-suuang)
• Turkish: bakanlık (tr)
• Turkmen: ministrlik
• Ukrainian: міністе́рство m (ministérstvo)
• Urdu: وزارت (ur) f (vizārat)
• Uyghur: مىنىستىرلىك (ministirlik)
• Uzbek: vazirlik (uz), ministrlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: bộ (vi) (部)
• Welsh: gweinidogaeth (cy) m
• Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe)

complete body of government ministers

• Bulgarian: министерски съвет m (ministerski sǎvet)
• Danish: regering (da) c, kabinet n
• Dutch: ministerie (nl) n, kabinet (nl) n, regering (nl), gouvernement (nl) n
• French: cabinet (fr) m, ministère (fr) m
• Georgian: მინისტრთა კაბინეტი (minisṭrta ḳabineṭi), კაბინეტი (ḳabineṭi), მთავრობა (mtavroba), ხელისუფლება (xelisupleba)
• Greek: υπουργικό συμβούλιο (el) n (ypourgikó symvoúlio), κυβέρνηση (el) f (kyvérnisi)
• Ido: ministraro (io)
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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} aireacht f
• Norwegian: Kabinett
• Portuguese: gabinete (pt) m, ministério (pt) m
• Russian: министе́рство (ru) n (ministérstvo)
• Swedish: Ministär
• Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe)

ministration — see ministration

practice and education of the minister of a particular religion

• Chichewa: ubusa
• Danish: præsteembede n
• Dutch: bediening van de eredienst
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• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 n (andbahti)
• Greek: ιερατείο (el) n (ierateío)
• Irish: ministreacht f

• French: ^{(please verify)} ministère (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} ministère du culte m, ^{(please verify)} cabinet (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} gouvernement (fr) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ministero (it) m
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• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 部 (ja) (bu)

Anagrams

• myristin