English-Thai Dictionary

ministry

N กระทรวง  bureau administrative agency ka-suang

 

ministry

N คณะรัฐมนตรี  ka-na-rad-ta-mon-tre

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MINISTRY

n.[L. ministerium. ] The office, duties or functions of a subordinate agent of any kind. 1. Agency; service; aid; interposition; instrumentality.
He directs the affairs of this world by the ordinary ministry of second causes.
2. Ecclesiastical function; agency or service of a minister of the gospel or clergyman in the modern church, or of priests, apostles and evangelists in the ancient. Acts 1:25; Romans 12:7; 2 Timothy 4:5; Numbers 4:47.
3. Time of ministration; duration of the office of a minister, civil or ecclesiastical.
The war with France was during the ministry of Pitt.
4. Persons who compose the executive government or the council of a supreme magistrate; the body of ministers of state.
5. Business; employment.
He abhorred the wicked ministry of arms.

 

MINISTRYSHIP

for ministry, is little used and hardly proper.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MINISTRY

Min "is *try, n.; pl. Ministries. Etym: [L. ministerium. See Minister, n., and cf. Mystery a trade. ]

 

1. The act of ministering; ministration; service. "With tender ministry. " Thomson.

 

2. Hence: Agency; instrumentality. The ordinary ministry of second causes. Atterbury. The wicked ministry of arms. Dryden.

 

3. The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.

 

4. The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.

 

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

 

MINISTRYSHIP

MINISTRYSHIP Min "is *try *ship, n.

 

Defn: The office of a minister. Swift.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ministry

min is try |ˈminəstrē ˈmɪnəstri | ▶noun ( pl. ministries ) 1 [ usu. in sing. ] the work or vocation of a minister of religion: he is training for the ministry. • the period of tenure of a minister of religion. • the spiritual work or service of any Christian or a group of Christians, esp. evangelism: a ministry of Christian healing. 2 (in certain countries ) a government department headed by a minister of state: the Ministry of Agriculture. 3 (in certain countries ) a period of government under one prime minister: Gladstone's first ministry was outstanding. 4 rare the action of ministering to someone: the soldiers were no less in need of his ministry. ORIGIN Middle English ( sense 1 ): from Latin ministerium, from minister (see minister ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ministry

min ¦is |try |ˈmɪnɪstri | ▶noun ( pl. ministries ) 1 (in certain countries ) a government department headed by a minister: the Ministry of Defence. 2 [ usu. in sing. ] the work or vocation of a minister of religion: he is training for the ministry. • the period of tenure of a minister of religion. • the spiritual work or service of a Christian or a group of Christians, especially evangelism. 3 (in certain countries ) a period of government under one Prime Minister. 4 [ mass noun ] rare the action of ministering to someone. ORIGIN Middle English (in sense 2 ): from Latin ministerium, from minister (see minister ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ministry

ministry noun 1 he's training for the ministry: holy orders, the priesthood, the cloth, the church. 2 the ministry of Jesus: teaching, preaching, evangelism. 3 the ministry for foreign affairs: (government ) department, bureau, agency, office.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ministry

ministry noun 1 the ministry for foreign affairs: government department, department, bureau, agency, office. 2 he's training for the ministry: holy orders, the priesthood, the cloth, the church. 3 the life and ministry of Jesus: teaching, preaching, evangelism. 4 Gladstone's first ministry: period of office, term (of office ), administration, incumbency.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ministry

min is try /mɪ́nɪstri /→minister 名詞 複 -tries /-z /1 C 〖しばしばM -〗(英 日などの ) (内閣の )省 (｟米 ｠department ); 省の建物 ; 〖集合的に 〗全閣僚 ; 内閣 [閣僚 ]の任期 ▸ the Ministry of Finance 財務省 (｟略 ｠MOF )▸ the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 外務省 2 〖the ～; 集合的に; 単複両扱い 〗(主にプロテスタントの )牧師 (の職 ), 聖職 ▸ enter [leave ] the ministry 牧師になる [をやめる ].3 C 〖通例単数形で 〗(牧師 信心深い人の )仕事 , 職務 ; 任期 .