Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a ministerial manner, character, or capacity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of a minister.
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- adverb In the character or capacity of a
minister .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in the manner of a minister or clergyman
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jerry Falwell uses the phrase ministerially speaking to joke about his exaggerations of audience size and other numbers.
Prime Time Preachers: The Rising Power of Televangelism; with an Introduction by T George Harris 1981
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And this ruler is distinguished from him that exhorteth, and him that teacheth, with whose special work, as such, he hath nothing to do; even as they are distinguished from those who give and show mercy; that is, there is an elder by office in the Church, whose work and duty it is to _rule_, not to exhort or teach ministerially, which is our ruling elder.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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Whitehall officials have repeatedly defended MI6's actions, saying the agency was following "ministerially authorised government policy."
Libyan dissidents sue MI6 officer over abduction and torture claims 2012
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Huw Irranca-Davies, shadow minister for the marine and natural environment, asked the Speaker even more unimaginatively whether ministers meant what they ministerially said, and was assured by John Bercow: "Ministers are responsible for what they say and I must assume that they speak on behalf of the government."
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It said the draft bill sought to create a ministerially-appointed facilitator and tribunal with responsibility for resolving pricing disputes and facilitating negotiations on pricing.
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My father, ministerially busy with broccoli that he didn't actually like, nodded, but Polly said she hadn't seen it.
Penalty Francis, Dick 1997
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This will entail government acting inter-ministerially - creating a conducive environment for the private sector investment in the provision of accommodation, hospitality and leisure.
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The introduction of a new child support benefit follows the ministerially appointed Lund Committee investi - gation last year which found serious shortcomings in the present system.
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Of these, 1293 had been lost to recruitment by the police, resignations, arrests for serious crimes, ministerially approved discharges and desertion.
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Management and union members had committed themselves to industrial peace, pending long-term recommendations by a ministerially appointed task force, she said in a statement.
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