Definition of ministry

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Ministry (n.) Agency; instrumentality.

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Underministry :: Underministry (n.) A subordinate or inferior ministry.
Deaconship :: Deaconship (n.) The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.
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 office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession..
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..
Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
Ministration :: Ministration (n.) The act of ministering; service; ministry.
Ministry :: Ministry (n.) Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt..
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..
Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
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..
Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body..
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..
Ministry :: Ministry (n.) Agency; instrumentality.
Ministery :: Ministery (n.) See Ministry.
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..
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..
Ministerial :: Ministerial (a.) Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.
Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.
Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The act of ministering; ministration; service.
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