| 释义 |
min·is·te·ri·al
I. \|minə|stirēəl, -tēr-\ adjective
Etymology: Late Latin ministerialis, literally, that functions as a servant, from Latin ministerium service (from minister servant) + -alis -al
1.
a. : of, being, or having the characteristics of a minister of religion
< those serving in a ministerial capacity are trained in a Bible training school — F.S.Mead >
< a ministerial habit of mind — M.A.D.Howe >
b. : of, relating to, or preparing to enter the clerical ministry
< examine ministerial candidates — J.C.Brauer >
< a code of ministerial ethics — P.H.Furfey >
2.
a. : of, being, or having the characteristics of an act or duty belonging to the administration of the executive function in government and specifically prescribed by law as part of the official duties of an office
b. : of, relating to, or being an act that a person after ascertaining the existence of a specified state of facts performs in obedience to a mandate of legal authority without the exercise of personal judgment upon the propriety of the act and usually without discretion in its performance — opposed to judicial
< action by public officials can be compelled only if the act is a purely ministerial one — B.F.Tucker >
< the controversy turns … on whether the function is discretionary or ministerial — G.W.Folta >
3. : acting or active as an agent, instrument, or means : instrumental
< those uses of conversation which are ministerial to intellectual culture — Thomas De Quincey >
4.
a. : of, relating to, or having the status of a governmental minister
< representatives of the political parties … were given ministerial posts — W.S.Vucinich >
< jobs below the ministerial level — H.M.Somers >
< promotion … to the office of paymaster general, a ministerial appointment — Current Biography >
b. often capitalized : of, relating to, or supporting the ministry as opposed to the opposition in a parliamentary system
< the situation was … saved by a Ministerial crisis — Peace Handbooks >
< ministerial benches in the House of Commons >
< the principle of ministerial responsibility under a parliamentary system — Taylor Cole >
II. noun
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Etymology: Late Latin ministerialis imperial household officer, from ministerialis, adjective
: an administrative household officer under the feudal system |