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Min"is*tra*tive (?), a. Serving to
aid; ministering.

Min"is*tress (?), n. [Cf. L.
ministrix.] A woman who ministers.
Akenside.

Min"is*try (?), n.; pl.
Ministries (#). [L. ministerium. See Minister,
n., and cf. Mystery a trade.]

1. The act of ministering; ministration;
service. "With tender ministry." Thomson.

2. Hence: Agency; instrumentality.

The ordinary ministry of second
causes.

The wicked ministry of arms.

3. The office, duties, or functions of a
minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or
ambassadorial function or profession.

4. The body of ministers of state; also, the
clergy, as a body.

5. Administration; rule; term in power; as,
the ministry of Pitt.

Min"is*try*ship, n.


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