ministerial
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French ministeriel, equivalent to minister + -ial. Doublet of minstrel and ministerialis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ministerial (comparative more ministerial, superlative most ministerial)
- Related to a religious minister or ministry.
- Related to a governmental minister or ministry.
- 2023 November 15, Christian Wolmar, “Ministers should carry the can for ticket office fiasco”, in RAIL, number 996, page 46:
- In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors and general cock-ups resulting from ministerial incompetence.
- Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.
- (especially law) Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive).
- Synonym: instrumental
- Filling out the form under the direction of a lawyer is a ministerial task performed by a legal secretary.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]having the power to wield delegated executive authority
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Noun
[edit]ministerial (plural ministerials)
- (historical) A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles.
- 2002, Francis G. Gentry, The Nibelungen Tradition, page 142:
- By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge.
Translations
[edit]unfree noble
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Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin ministeriālis. By surface analysis, ministeri + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ministerial m or f (masculine and feminine plural ministerials)
Further reading
[edit]- “ministerial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “ministerial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ministerial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “ministerial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin ministeriālis. By surface analysis, ministério + -al.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧te‧ri‧al
Adjective
[edit]ministerial m or f (plural ministeriais)
- (ecclesiastical) ministerial (related to a religious minister or ministry)
- (government) ministerial (related to a governmental minister or ministry)
- ministerial (having the power to wield delegated executive authority)
Synonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ministerial”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “ministerial”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “ministerial” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “ministerial”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “ministerial”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “ministerial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French ministériel.
Adjective
[edit]ministerial m or n (feminine singular ministerială, masculine plural ministeriali, feminine and neuter plural ministeriale)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | ministerial | ministerială | ministeriali | ministeriale | |||
definite | ministerialul | ministeriala | ministerialii | ministerialele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | ministerial | ministeriale | ministeriali | ministeriale | |||
definite | ministerialului | ministerialei | ministerialilor | ministerialelor |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, ministerio + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ministerial m or f (masculine and feminine plural ministeriales)
Further reading
[edit]- “ministerial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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