ministry

ministry
noun
1 (BrE) government department
ADJECTIVE
▪ government
▪ Agriculture, Defence, Education, Environment, Finance, Foreign, Foreign Affairs, Health, Interior, Justice, Transport, etc.
▪ key
▪

He assumed direct control of key ministries.

VERB + MINISTRY
▪ run
▪ take over
▪ create
MINISTRY + VERB
▪ approve sth, support sth
▪

The plan was approved by the Ministry of Housing.

▪ control sth
▪ own sth
▪

on ministry-owned land

MINISTRY + NOUN
▪ official, spokesman, spokesperson
PREPOSITION
▪ at the ministry
▪

staff at the Greek Foreign Ministry

▪ in the ministry, within the ministry
▪

a senior man in the Ministry of Health

▪ ministry of
▪

a spokesman for the Ministry of Culture

PHRASES
▪ a department at the ministry, a department in the ministry
2 ministers of religion
ADJECTIVE
▪ church
▪ Christian, evangelical, lay
▪ pastoral
▪ ordained
▪ campus (AmE), prison
VERB + MINISTRY
▪ begin, enter
▪ leave
▪ provide
▪

The church provides a valuable ministry to a growing population.


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