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Synosteology :: Synoptist (n.) Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings..

Ministry :: Ministry (n.) Agency; instrumentality.

Vocation :: Vocation (n.) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry..

Ministry :: Ministry (n.) Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt..

Examination :: Examination (n.) A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry..

Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The act of ministering; ministration; service.

Ministerial :: Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.

Plymouth Brethren :: Plymouth Brethren () The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren..

Ministration :: Ministration (n.) The act of ministering; service; ministry.

Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.

Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.

Ministery :: Ministery (n.) See Ministry.

Order :: Order (n.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

Deaconship :: Deaconship (n.) The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

Call :: Call (v. t.) To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church..

Ecclesiastic :: Ecclesiastic (n.) A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest..

Underministry :: Underministry (n.) A subordinate or inferior ministry.

Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see..

Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.

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