non-ministerialadj.
/ˌnɒnmɪnᵻˈstɪərɪəl/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑnˌmɪnəˈstɪriəl/, /ˈˌnɑnˌmɪnəˈstɛriəl/ 1. Not relating to or holding the office or duties of a minister of religion; not possessing such a minister.
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1853 T. Parker Jrnl. 24 Aug. in Life (1864) 413 Work for the year. I. Ministerial... II. Non-Ministerial. a. Lectures. b. Article on Seward. Books upon Slavery. Historical Development of Religion.
1959 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 64 500/1 The minister's role is..rendered more difficult by differential commitment to the movement between himself and the laity of a kind which..is absent in non-ministerial sects.
1962 V. J. K. Brook Life of Archbishop Parker 137 The signing with the cross in baptism was objected to, as well as non-ministerial administration.
2001 New Republic (Electronic ed.) 26 Feb. This doctrine..hasn't protected their [sc. churches'] ability to fire custodial and non-ministerial staff who refuse to conform to traditional gender roles.
2. Not relating to or holding the office or duties of a government minister or department.
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1858 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 509/2 The state of parties in the non-Ministerial portion of the House is such as promises to prevent..any repetition of the disgraceful coalition-tactics of 1852.
1872 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 413 Every morning he received dozens upon dozens of letters from old friends..calling upon him to assist in the redress of grievances in which..he had professed to sympathize in his non-Ministerial days.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 6 May 2/3 Lord Londonderry..has done a bit of free-lancing himself in his non-Ministerial days.
1957 D. N. Chester Organization Brit. Govt. 30 The Charity Commission was represented in the House of Commons by a non-ministerial Parliamentary Charity Commissioner.
2001 Evening News (Edinb.) (Electronic ed.) 4 May Around £500,00 has been comitted to fund pension improvements for non-ministerial staff.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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