ministerial
/ˌmɪnəˈstɪɹi.əl/
ministerial adjective: related to a religious minister or ministry.
Adjective
ministerial (comparative more ministerial, superlative most ministerial)
- Related to a religious minister or ministry.
- Related to a governmental minister or ministry.
- In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors and general cock-ups resulting from ministerial incompetence.2023 November 15, Christian Wolmar, “Ministers should carry the can for ticket office fiasco”, in RAIL, number 996, page 46
- Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.
- Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive).
- Filling out the form under the direction of a lawyer is a ministerial task performed by a legal secretary.
- Synonyms:
- instrumental
Noun
ministerial (plural ministerials)
- A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles.
- By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge.2002, Francis G. Gentry, The Nibelungen Tradition, page 142
- A meeting of government ministers from partner countries.
- The NATO ministerial was attended by the defence ministers of all member states.
ministerial meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
ministerial in Tamil
- சட்ட நிறைவேற்றம் சார்ந்த, சட்ட நிறைவேற்ற உதவியான, துணைமையான கருவியான, அமைச்சர் சார்ந்த, அமைச்சரவையினை ஆதரிக்கிற, அரசியல் ஆட்சிக்குழுச் சார்பான
ministerial in Urdu
- وزارتی
ministerial in Bengali
- মন্ত্রীসংক্রান্ত
ministerial in Kannada
- ಗುಮಾಸ್ತಿಕೆಯ, ಮಂತ್ರಿ ವರ್ಗದ, ಸರ್ಕಾರದ
Examples of ministerial in a sentence
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ministerial code.
- As bad decisions are dressed up in pseudo-analytical garb, ministerial officials may become unduly cynical about analysis.
- The differences between England and the Germanies sprang from the absence or presence of ministerial interventions.
Synonyms of ministerial
Forms of ministerial
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ministerial |
| superlative | most ministerial |
| Noun | |
| plural | ministerials |
Origin of ministerial
Borrowed from Middle French ministeriel, equivalent to minister + -ial. Doublet of minstrel and ministerialis.
Words formed from ministerial
Phrases with ministerial
Questions about ministerial
- What does ministerial mean?
- Ministerial means related to a religious minister or ministry.
- What is ministerial in Tamil?
- Ministerial in Tamil is சட்ட நிறைவேற்றம் சார்ந்த, சட்ட நிறைவேற்ற உதவியான, துணைமையான கருவியான. See Ministerial meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ministerial?
- Ministerial can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ministerial?
- Ministerial is pronounced /ˌmɪnəˈstɪɹi.əl/.
Words near ministerial in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ministerial (page history and authors); ministerial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ministerial (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ministerial (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ministerial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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