Definition of "ministry" []

• The act of serving; ministration. (noun)
• One that serves as a means; an instrumentality. (noun)
• The profession, duties, and services of a minister. (noun)
• The Christian clergy. (noun)
• The period of service of a minister. (noun)

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• "And if the horseman of the first seal represented the chosen ministry who went forth in a glorious mission to win trophies of grace, the horseman of this seal must represent _an apostate ministry_, possessing power and authority to enforce the severest exactions upon the bread of life, thus producing a desolating spiritual famine."
• "See working in ministry is all about meeting needs and compromising and sacrificing to meet those needs."
• "To the left of this paper sat another, which had been folded so that a story bearing the title ministry guarantees students 'sapety was visible."