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
Landau, in Seoul for a Korea-US vice foreign ministerial meeting, said that the 316 South Koreans who returned home Friday on a chartered jet after being detained in Georgia will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US, according to South Korea’s foreign ministry.
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Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
The plaintiffs claim his acts denied access to justice, violated ministerial duties and undermined the public’s trust.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
Attorneys representing the city, school board and Santiago argued that their decisions were not ministerial but rather discretionary, meaning they were not legally required to act in a certain way but were rather making decisions based on personal judgment.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
According to the plaintiffs, the city should have processed the project application on a discretionary basis but instead has handled them all on a ministerial basis, based on set standards rather than individual judgments.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
The plaintiffs claim his acts denied access to justice, violated ministerial duties and undermined the public’s trust.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
Attorneys representing the city, school board and Santiago argued that their decisions were not ministerial but rather discretionary, meaning they were not legally required to act in a certain way but were rather making decisions based on personal judgment.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
According to the plaintiffs, the city should have processed the project application on a discretionary basis but instead has handled them all on a ministerial basis, based on set standards rather than individual judgments.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ministerial
Adjective
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The Valley of Wyoming…shows a pastoral landscape of grazing cows and lounging people—something that only a person knowledgeable about the region would recognize as a former forest.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Oct. 2025
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Now era long, straight hair, sits up as the pastoral scene is literally pulled apart by stagehands, revealed as nothing more than show business trickery.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But at the time, such ambitions weren’t seen as realistic for women, who were instead steered toward housework or low-wage clerical jobs.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Olivier honors included an unprecedented Best Supporting Actor award to the puppeteers who operate the tiger named Richard Parker (named so because of a clerical error in filing after his capture).—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Ministerial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministerial. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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