MINISTRY Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

ministry

noun

ˈmi-nə-strē

Definition of ministry

as in instrumentality

something used to achieve an end I don't care by what ministry it's accomplished, so long as it's done

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as in clergy

the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church the ranks of the ministry have dwindled considerably in recent years

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laity

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Recent Examples of ministry However, the foreign ministries of both countries have not confirmed the revenue sharing. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 That criticism prompted the finance ministry to publish an update earlier this month showing that about $137 million had already been disbursed to three projects. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Neither the Taiwanese ministry nor museum, however, received a response from the Biennale. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Besides Humain, the company’s Saudi clients include Aramco, STC and Al Rajhi, along with various ministries and other public-sector entities, according to its latest annual report. — Omar El Chmouri, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ministry

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Noun

Issued by the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a state instrumentality created under the Wyoming Stable Token Act (2023), FRNT is fully reserved and managed in partnership with Franklin Templeton.

— Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.

— Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025

Definition of instrumentality

Noun

Among the mourners and dozens of clergy at Trinity Cathedral in midtown Sacramento on Thursday was a man who met Jerry Lamb just once but whose life the late bishop touched.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The blowers want to get the sounds, which are called out by a clergy member in front of the congregation in a specific order, just right.

— Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of clergy

Noun

The Gulf states have experimented with ship-to-ship transfers and other means of moving crude around Iranian restrictions.

— Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
Living with endometriosis means becoming an expert on highly specialized ingredients and constantly cross-checking product labels.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of means

Noun

At this point, the business has had donated more than a million dollars to the homeless, Youth For Christ, and our church from profits.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Eze, whose ministry has churches in the US, UK, and Canada, said many who attend his conferences are Black, but some are White as well.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of church

Noun

During an operation, a surgeon controls robotic arms fitted with small instruments while viewing the surgical area through a three-dimensional vision system.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
In the meantime, the observatory will go through commissioning — testing out its instruments in space and deploying the antenna that will relay Roman’s massive imagery back to Earth.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of instrument

Noun

The festival, with a capacity of 80,000 people, also was hit with mud and rain in 2023 as many attendees were trapped on its grounds, where vehicle traffic was temporarily limited and some hiked in the mud to nearby towns.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Prosecutors allege the vehicles were purchased as part of an effort to disguise the origin of money generated through human trafficking.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of vehicle

Noun

Rogue OpenAI agents’ unprecedented coordination during the Hugging Face attack significantly increases the risk of AI escaping human control, analysts said, days after investigators released a bombshell report into the incident.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 Aug. 2026
This was followed by the creation of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) on July 22 to handle espionage and resistance agents, and the first raids were already being carried out.

— David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of agent

Noun

The two agencies notified several individuals in the Virginia political world that their phones had been tapped as part of the investigation into Lucas.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026
While more than 100 law enforcement agencies across the country have ended their contracts with Flock Safety in recent weeks over privacy concerns, the company and the state of Georgia are deeply tied to one another.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of agency

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