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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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..

Ministryship :: Ministryship (n.) The office of a minister.

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

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..

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..

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 act of ministering; ministration; service.

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

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..

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

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

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..

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