Ministry

n.	1.
	1.	The act of ministering; ministration; service.
	2.	Agency; instrumentality. The ordinary ministry of second causes. - Atterbury. The wicked ministry of arms. - Dryden.
	3.	The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.
	4.	The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.
	5.	Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.

Noun	1.	ministry - religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
	2.	ministry - building where the business of a government ministry is transacted
	3.	ministry - a government department under the direction of a minister

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