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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..

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

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

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..

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.

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..

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

Ministery :: Ministery (n.) See 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..

Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession..

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.) Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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