as in pastoral
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
a priest conscientiously tending to his ministerial duties
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Recent Examples of ministerial
The most notable change to the ministerial picks was incoming Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, head of the Paris police, who replaces Bruno Retailleau, leader of the conservative Republicans Party and who harbours his own presidential ambitions.
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CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majority in the Israeli parliament in July when two ultra-Orthodox parties left their ministerial posts after an exemption that granted religious students a pass for military conscription expired.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
According to Laurie Magnus, the government’s adviser on ministerial standards, her error was not having sought advice from a tax specialist.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
Kais Saied, who is in China on a state visit, attended the opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majority in the Israeli parliament in July when two ultra-Orthodox parties left their ministerial posts after an exemption that granted religious students a pass for military conscription expired.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
According to Laurie Magnus, the government’s adviser on ministerial standards, her error was not having sought advice from a tax specialist.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
Kais Saied, who is in China on a state visit, attended the opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ministerial
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Bloody battles raged throughout the fall of 1863 along the banks of the Tennessee River, in pastoral valleys, and on the flanks of Lookout Mountain, a long, craggy ridge overlooking the city.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Tolkien conceived of the Shire as the quaint, pastoral homeland of the Hobbits, a race of short yet courageous dwellers of the fictional Middle-earth.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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These payments are in part calculated by work history and income but also are adjusted every year based on the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W).—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Ministerial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministerial. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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