ministry

1. 1. The act of serving; ministration.
   2. One that serves as a means; an instrumentality.
2. 1. The profession, duties, and services of a minister.
   2. The Christian clergy.
   3. The period of service of a minister.
3. 1. A governmental department presided over by a minister.
   2. The building in which such a department is housed.
   3. The duties, functions, or term of a governmental minister.
   4. often Ministry Governmental ministers considered as a group.

[Middle English ministerie, from Old French ministere, from Latin ministerium, from minister, servant.]

Ministry may refer to:

• Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
  • The Ministry, also known as the Aireacht, the cabinet of the government established by the revolutionary Irish Republic of 1919–1922
• Ministry (government department), a department of a government

In music and entertainment:

• Ministry (band), an industrial metal band
• Ministry of Darkness, a professional wrestling faction
• Ministry of Sound, a nightclub in London

In religion:

• Christian ministry, activity by Christians to spread or express their faith
• Ministry of Jesus
• Ministry (magazine), a magazine for pastors published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church

In fiction:

• Ministry of Magic, in the Harry Potter series

See also

• Minister (disambiguation)

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Common misspelling(s) of ministry

• ministery

Dansk (Danish)
n. - ministerium, ministeriebygning, præstekald, præsteembede

Nederlands (Dutch)
ministerie, ministerschap, ambt van dominee, geestelijkheid

Français (French)
n. - (GB, Pol) ministère, (Relig) ministère, (Pol) mandat ministériel, gouvernement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ministerium, Regierung(szeit), geistliches Amt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπουργείο, κυβέρνηση, υπουργικό συμβούλιο, (θρησκ.) ο κλήρος, το ιερατείο, διακονία

Italiano (Italian)
ministero

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ministério (m), clero (m) (Ecles.)

Русский (Russian)
министерство, кабинет министров, срок пребывания у власти кабинета или министра, духовенство

Español (Spanish)
n. - ministerio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ministär, departement, ministertid, prästämbete

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
部, 服务, 内阁

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 部, 服務, 內閣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성직자직, 장관직, (정부의)~부

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 省, 内閣, 牧師, 大臣の職, 牧師の職務

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وزارة, كهنوتيه, كهانه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משרד ממשלתי, כהונת שר, מקצוע הכומר, כמורה, שירות, הספקה‬

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