ministry
noun
uk/ˈmɪn.ɪ.stri/us/ˈmɪn.ə.stri/ministrynoun(GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT)
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inBritainand some othercountries, adepartmentof thegovernmentledby aminister:
（政府的）部the MinistryofDefence/Agriculture国防／农业部
- The ministry ofculturewill beallottedabout $6 million less thisyear.
- She wasmovedto the Ministry of Culture.
UK politics: government departments & organizations
- admiralty
- agency
- bureau
- chancellorship
- cobra
- defence
- drive-by
- executive
- FDA
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- HMRC
- HMSO
- lobby
- MI6
- mod
- monolith
- NGO
- non-governmental organization
- secretariat
- the Foreign Office
ministrynoun(RELIGIOUS WORK)
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workas achurchminister:
牧师职责Hepractisedapreachingandteachingministry there for over 40years.他在那里当了40多年的传教和教学牧师。
the ministry
thejobof being apriest:
牧师职位In 1985 hedecidedtogo into/leavethe ministry.他在1985年决定当牧师／辞去牧师职务。
Religious leaders & officials
- anti-papal
- apostolic
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- clerical
- confessor
- curacy
- curate
- minister
- muezzin
- mullah
- non-clerical
- padre
- priestly
- primate
- rabbi
- rabbinical
- rector
- the Dalai Lama