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ministryship

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The office of a minister

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • October 15 1730, Jonathan Swift, The Answer of William Pulteney to Sir Robert Walpole Heaven forbid that the welfare of a great kingdom, and of a brave people, should be trusted with the thread of a single subject's life; for I suppose it is not yet in your view to entail the ministryship in your family.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ministership, ministry

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From ministry + -ship.