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
According to the decision, Netanyahu will appoint a ministerial committee to present within 45 days its recommendation on the commission’s mandate.
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
Netanyahu mastered this tactic, buying the support of rivals by offering them ministerial titles.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025
The world’s diplomats must refuse to seat or recognise Min Aung Hlaing or his representatives at any summit or ministerial meeting.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
The board voted to send a letter to the city urging caution in allowing ministerial approval of higher-density projects and targeting higher resource areas like Carmel Valley and Pacific Highlands Ranch.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025
Netanyahu mastered this tactic, buying the support of rivals by offering them ministerial titles.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025
The world’s diplomats must refuse to seat or recognise Min Aung Hlaing or his representatives at any summit or ministerial meeting.
—Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
The board voted to send a letter to the city urging caution in allowing ministerial approval of higher-density projects and targeting higher resource areas like Carmel Valley and Pacific Highlands Ranch.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ministerial
pastoral
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Previous discoveries of cremations in Africa date to pastoral neolithic herders from 3,500 years ago or later food-producing societies with higher population densities, which made the discovery even more unexpected, the researchers said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Ford Complex brings British grandeur to a pastoral Georgia scene thanks to Neo-Gothic architecture inspired by Oxford University’s Christ Church College.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Ministerial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministerial. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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