ministerial

Connected with a government minister or the department they lead.

• The plan needs ministerial approval.
• She accepted a ministerial post in the new government.
• The scandal raised questions about ministerial responsibility.

Common phrases: ministerial meeting, ministerial responsibility, ministerial post

Connected with a religious leader’s work or duties.

• Her ministerial duties include visiting sick people.
• The college offers ministerial training for future pastors.
• He returned to ministerial work in a small parish.

Similar words: pastoral, clerical

Common phrases: ministerial duties, ministerial training, ministerial work

Done by following set instructions, without making important decisions yourself.

• Copying the record is a ministerial task.
• The clerk performed a purely ministerial act by stamping the form.
• These ministerial duties require accuracy but no independent judgment.

Similar words: procedural, administrative

Common phrases: ministerial task, ministerial duty, purely ministerial act

A meeting of government ministers from countries that work together.

• The ministerial begins tomorrow.
• Defence ministers met at the annual ministerial.
• Delegates prepared an agenda for next month’s ministerial.

Similar words: ministerial meeting

Common phrases: attend a ministerial, foreign ministers’ ministerial, nato ministerial