as in pastoral
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
a priest conscientiously tending to his ministerial duties
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Recent Examples of ministerial
More significantly, he was given a new ministerial post within the Defense Ministry, with wide powers over settlement planning and building.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
The approval process for the project is ministerial, meaning the applicant does not need to seek public input and that review by city staff does not need to include public hearings.
—Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Decades in the making Nearly two decades have passed since the European Space Agency formally committed to funding the ExoMars mission at a ministerial meeting in December 2005.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
The Glazers were driven in the ministerial car while Gill walked down Whitehall and queued up at St Stephen’s entrance.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
The approval process for the project is ministerial, meaning the applicant does not need to seek public input and that review by city staff does not need to include public hearings.
—Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Decades in the making Nearly two decades have passed since the European Space Agency formally committed to funding the ExoMars mission at a ministerial meeting in December 2005.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
The Glazers were driven in the ministerial car while Gill walked down Whitehall and queued up at St Stephen’s entrance.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ministerial
Adjective
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The place just seems to be a charming pastoral town inhabited entirely by stunt people in tactical gear and mountain wear.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2025
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In a blurb, Denise Newman says of this translation from the original Danish, Duncan Wiese’s subversive pastoral Tityrus shows how fraught life has become for the Arcadian shepherds among us.—
Diana Arterian
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Sourcing Journal reserves the right to correct clerical or typographical errors in promotional materials.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
12 June 2025
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But a clerical error and subsequent clash in wedding dates pits the two brides against each other in a competition that quickly escalates into all-out war.—
Lesley O'Toole,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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“Ministerial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministerial. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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