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MINISTE'RIAL, a. Attending for service; attendant; acting at command.
Of or pertaining to ministry or service;
serving; attendant.
Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames. Prior. 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. Tending to advance or promote;
contributive.
"Ministerial to intellectual culture."
De Quincey.
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. Syn. -- Official; priestly; sacerdotal; ecclesiastical. | ||||||||