Min`is*te"ri*al (?), a.
[L. ministerialis: cf. F.
ministériel. See Minister, and cf. Minstrel.]
1. Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.
Enlightening
spirits and ministerial flames.
Prior. 2. 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.
3. 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.
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