the ministry
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe ministrythe ministryRRCthe profession of being a church leader, especially in the Protestant Church Converted in his early teens, he entered the ministry (=started working as a church leader) in 1855. → ministryExamples from the Corpusentered the ministry• He was born in Coleraine in 1863 and entered the Ministry in 1885.• He entered the Ministry in 1862 and exercised a very popular ministry.• He entered the Ministry in 1888.