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   Ministry , n.; pl. Ministries . [L. ministerium. See Minister, n., and cf. Mystery a trade.]
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   The act of ministering; ministration; service. “With tender ministry.”  
   Thomson.
   
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   Hence: Agency; instrumentality.
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   The ordinary ministry of second causes.
   Atterbury.
   
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   The wicked ministry of arms.
   Dryden.
   
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   The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.
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   The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.
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   Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.
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