ministry synonyms

ministry

n.

  1. The functions of the clergy

    pastoral care, preaching, exhortation, administration of the sacraments, prayer, spiritual leadership, service.

  2. The clergy

    the cloth, clergymen, ecclesiastics, clerics, the clerical order, priesthood, the pulpit, clericals, prelacy, vicarage, the desk, clergy.

  3. A department of state

    bureau, administrative agency, executive branch; see department 2.

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