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発音

• IPA: /ˌmɪnəˈstɪɹi.əl/, /-ˈstɪəɹ-/

形容詞

ministerial (comparative more ministerial, superlative most ministerial)

1. Related to a religious minister or ministry.
2. Related to a governmental minister or ministry.
   • 2023 November 15, Christian Wolmar, “Ministers should carry the can for ticket office fiasco”, in RAIL, number 996, page 46:

     In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors and general cock-ups resulting from ministerial incompetence.

3. Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.
4. (especially law) Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive).

   Synonym: instrumental

   Filling out the form under the direction of a lawyer is a ministerial task performed by a legal secretary.

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名詞

ministerial (plural ministerials)

1. (historical) A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles.
   • 2002, Francis G. Gentry, The Nibelungen Tradition, page 142:

     By the time of the Nibelungenlied the word was used to denote a wide variety of usually ecclesiastic or royal administrators, from the lowest, unfree ministerial to an enfeoffed judge.

2. A meeting of government ministers from partner countries.

   The NATO ministerial was attended by the defence ministers of all member states.

参照

• “ministerial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

アナグラム

• matrilinies