Ministerialisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From post-classical Latin ministeriālis (“ministerial”). Doublet of ministerial and minstrel.

名詞

ministerialis (複数形 ministeriales)

1. (historical) A non-noble (originally unfree) official or retainer under certain feudal systems, especially in the Holy Roman Empire, who had specific military duties to his lord. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 355:

     Royal officials, recruited from ministeriales, were posted to oversee crown lands, castles, and the growing number of imperial towns that the Staufers also actively promoted.