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

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

Administration :: Administration (n.) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain..

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

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..

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

Ministery :: Ministery (n.) See Ministry.

Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body..

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

Order :: Order (n.) An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry..

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..

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..

Seeker :: Seeker (n.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments..

Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination..

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..

Ministerial :: Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal..

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

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..

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..

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

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