ministry

English

Etymology

From Middle English mynisterie, borrowed from Old French menistere, in turn borrowed itself from Latin ministerium; equivalent to minister +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnɪstɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mi‧nis‧try

Noun

ministry (plural ministries)

1. Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:government ministry

   She works for the ministry of finance.

   He works for the ministry of defence.

   I work for the ministry of education.

   They work for the ministry of agriculture.

2. The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)

   The premier offered his last ministry's resignation to the monarch, and is asked to form a new one in accordance with the election results.

3. A ministration
4. The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
5. (Christianity) The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
6. (Christianity) Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.

   the present ministry of the Holy Spirit

Derived terms

• bus ministry
• fivefold ministry
• ministerial
• prime ministry
• team ministry

Translations

government department

• Albanian: ministri (sq) m
• Arabic: وِزَارَة f (wizāra)
• Armenian: նախարարություն (hy) (naxararutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: nazirlik
• Basque: ministerioa
• Belarusian: міністэ́рства n (ministérstva)
• Bengali: মন্ত্রক (bn) (montrok), ওজারত (ōjarot)
• Bulgarian: министе́рство (bg) n (ministérstvo)
• Burmese: ဝန်ကြီးဌာန (my) (wankri:htana.)
• Catalan: ministeri (ca) m
• Chichewa: unduna
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 部 (bou⁶)

  Mandarin: 部 (zh) (bù)

• Crimean Tatar: nazirlik
• Czech: ministerstvo (cs) n
• Danish: ministerium n
• Dutch: ministerie (nl) n, departement (nl) n
• Esperanto: ministerio, ministrejo
• Estonian: ministeerium
• Finnish: ministeriö (fi)
• French: ministère (fr) m
• Georgian: სამინისტრო (saminisṭro)
• German: Ministerium (de) n
• Greek: υπουργείο (el) n (ypourgeío)
• Hausa: ma'aikataa
• Hebrew: מִשְׂרָד (he) m (misrád)
• Hindi: मंत्रालय (hi) m (mantrālay)
• Hungarian: minisztérium (hu)
• Icelandic: ráðuneyti n, klerkdómur n
• Ido: ministerio (io)
• Indonesian: kementerian (id)
• Irish: aireacht f
• Italian: ministero (it)
• Japanese: 省 (ja) (しょう, shō)
• Kazakh: министрлік (ministrlık)
• Khmer: ក្រសួង (km) (krɑsuəng)
• Korean: 부(部) (ko) (bu), 성(省) (ko) (seong)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: wezaret (ku), wezîrî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: министерство (ministerstvo)
• Lao: ກະຊວງ (lo) (ka sūang)
• Latin: ministerium n
• Latvian: ministrija f
• Lithuanian: ministerija f
• Macedonian: министерство n (ministerstvo)
• Malay: kementerian
• Malayalam: മന്ത്രാലയം (ml) (mantrālayaṁ)
• Maori: tari, minitatanga, manatū
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: санваартан (mn) (sanvaartan), яам (mn) (jaam)

• Ngazidja Comorian: wizara class 11
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ministerium n

• Pashto: وزارت m (wezārat)
• Persian: وِزارَت (fa) (vezârat)
• Plautdietsch: Aumt n
• Polish: ministerstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: ministério (pt) m
• Romanian: minister (ro) n
• Russian: министе́рство (ru) n (ministérstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: министа̀рство n

  Roman: ministàrstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: ministerstvo n
• Slovene: ministrstvo (sl) n
• Somali: wasaarad
• Spanish: ministerio (es) m, cartera (es)
• Swahili: wizara (sw)
• Swedish: ministär (sv)
• Tajik: вазорат (tg) (vazorat)
• Tamil: அமைச்சகம் (ta) (amaiccakam)
• Thai: กระทรวง (th) (grà-suuang)
• Tumbuka: unduna
• Turkish: bakanlık (tr)
• Turkmen: ministrlik
• Ukrainian: міністе́рство m (ministérstvo)
• Urdu: وِزارَت (ur) f (vizārat)
• Uyghur: مىنىستىرلىك (ministirlik)
• Uzbek: vazirlik (uz), ministrlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: bộ (vi) (部)
• Volapük: minister (vo)
• Welsh: gweinidogaeth (cy) m
• Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe)
• Yiddish: מיניסטעריום m (ministeryum)

complete body of government ministers

• Bulgarian: министе́рски съве́т m (ministérski sǎvét)
• Danish: regering (da) c, kabinet n
• Dutch: ministerie (nl) n, kabinet (nl) n, regering (nl), gouvernement (nl) n
• French: cabinet (fr) m, ministère (fr) m
• Georgian: მინისტრთა კაბინეტი (minisṭrta ḳabineṭi), კაბინეტი (ḳabineṭi), მთავრობა (mtavroba), ხელისუფლება (xelisupleba)
• Greek: υπουργικό συμβούλιο (el) n (ypourgikó symvoúlio), κυβέρνηση (el) f (kyvérnisi)
• Ido: ministraro (io)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} aireacht f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kabinett n

• Portuguese: gabinete (pt) m, ministério (pt) m
• Russian: министе́рство (ru) n (ministérstvo)
• Swedish: Ministär
• Volapük: ministeranef (vo)
• Yakut: министиэристибэ (ministieristibe)

ministration — see ministration

practice and education of the minister of a particular religion

• Bengali: মোল্লাগিরি (bn) (mōllagiri)
• Chichewa: ubusa
• Danish: præsteembede n
• Dutch: bediening van de eredienst
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹 n (andbahti)
• Greek: ιερατείο (el) n (ierateío)
• Irish: ministreacht f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} ministère (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} ministère du culte m, ^{(please verify)} cabinet (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} gouvernement (fr) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} ministero (it) m

Anagrams

• myristin

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnɪstrɪ]

Noun

ministry

1. accusative/instrumental plural of ministr