ministry
[noun]
Synonyms:
- department, bureau, council, office, quango
- the priesthood, holy orders, the church

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

min‧is‧try W2 AC /ˈmɪnəstri, ˈmɪnɪstri/ noun (plural ministries)
[Word Family: noun: ministry, minister; adjective: ministerial]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: ministerium, from minister; ⇒ minister¹]

1. [countable] a government department that is responsible for one of the areas of government work, such as education or health
ministry of
the Ministry of Agriculture
foreign/justice/finance etc ministry
a Defence Ministry spokesman

2. the ministry the profession of being a church leader, especially in the Protestant Church:
Converted in his early teens, he entered the ministry (=started working as a church leader) in 1855.

3. [countable usually singular] the work done by a priest or other religious person as a result of their religious beliefs:
the ministry of Jesus

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ministry
noun
ADJ. government | Agriculture, Defence, Education, Environment, Finance, Foreign (Affairs), Health, Interior, Justice, Transport, etc. | key He assumed direct control of key ministries.
VERB + MINISTRY run | take over The president took over the Ministry of Justice.
create
MINISTRY + VERB approve sth, support sth The scheme was approved by the Ministry of Housing.
control sth | own sth on ministry-owned land
MINISTRY + NOUN official, spokesperson
PREP. at the ~ staff at the Greek Foreign Ministry
for a/the ~, in/within the ~ a senior man in the Ministry of Health
~ of a spokesman for the Ministry of Culture
PHRASES a department at/in the ministry

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲