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/
• 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.

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
• ministerial

Translations

government department

• Albanian: ministri (sq) m
• Arabic: وِزَارَة f (wizāra)
• Armenian: նախարարություն (hy) (naxararutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: nazirlik
• Basque: ministerioa
• Belarusian: міністэ́рства n (ministérstva)
• Bengali: মন্ত্রক (bn) (montrok)
• Bulgarian: министе́рство 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 (ko) (bu) (部 (ko)), 성 (ko) (seong) (省 (ko))
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• Kyrgyz: министерство (ministerstvo)
• Lao: ກະຊວງ (lo) (ka sūang)
• Latin: ministerium n
• Latvian: ministrija f
• Lithuanian: ministerija f
• Macedonian: министерство n (ministerstvo)
• Malay: kementerian
• Maori: tari, minitatanga, manatū
• Mongolian: санваартан (mn) (sanvaartan)
• Ngazidja Comorian: wizara class 11
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ministerium n

• Pashto: وزارت m (wezārát)
• Persian: وزارت (fa) (vezârat)
• 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
• 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

complete body of government ministers

• Danish: regering (da) c, kabinet n
• Dutch: ministerie (nl) n, kabinet (nl) n, regering (nl), gouvernement (nl) n
• 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
• Russian: министе́рство (ru) n (ministérstvo)
• Swedish: Ministär

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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• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 部 (ja) (bu)

Anagrams

• myristin