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   Ministerial , a. [L. ministerialis: cf. F. ministériel. See Minister, and cf. Minstrel.]
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   Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.
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   Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames.
   Prior.
   
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   Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal. “Ministerial offices.” Bacon. “A ministerial measure.” Junius. “Ministerial garments.”
   Hooker.
   
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   Tending to advance or promote; contributive. “Ministerial to intellectual culture.” 
   De Quincey.
   
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   The ministerial benches, the benches in the House of Commons occupied by members of the cabinet and their supporters; -- also, the persons occupying them. “Very solid and very brilliant talents distinguish the ministerial benches.” 
   Burke.
   
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   Syn. -- Official; priestly; sacerdotal; ecclesiastical.
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