ministry

Etymology
From, borrowed from , in turn borrowed itself from ; equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
 * 2) The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)
 * 3) A ministration
 * 4) The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
 * 5)  The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
 * 6)  Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.
 * 1) The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)
 * 2) A ministration
 * 3) The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
 * 4)  The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
 * 5)  Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.
 * 1)  Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: وِزَارَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: nazirlik
 * Basque: ministerioa
 * Belarusian: міністэ́рства
 * Bengali:, ওজারত
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chichewa: unduna
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 部
 * Mandarin:
 * Crimean Tatar: nazirlik
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ministerium
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ministerio, ministrejo
 * Estonian: ministeerium
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: სამინისტრო
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hausa: ma'aikataa
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ráðuneyti, klerkdómur
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: aireacht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: министрлік
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz: министерство
 * Lao:
 * Latin: ministerium
 * Latvian: ministrija
 * Lithuanian: ministerija
 * Macedonian: министерство
 * Malay: kementerian
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: tari, minitatanga, manatū
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Ngazidja Comorian: wizara
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ministerium
 * Pashto: وزارت
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Aumt
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: министа̀рство
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: ministerstvo
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: wasaarad
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:
 * Tumbuka: unduna
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ministrlik
 * Ukrainian: міністе́рство
 * Urdu:
 * Uyghur: مىنىستىرلىك
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: (部)
 * Welsh:
 * Yakut: министиэристибэ
 * Yiddish: מיניסטעריום


 * Bulgarian: министе́рски съве́т
 * Danish:, kabinet
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მინისტრთა კაბინეტი, კაბინეტი, მთავრობა, ხელისუფლება
 * Greek: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kabinett
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: Ministär
 * Yakut: министиэристибэ


 * Bengali:
 * Chichewa: ubusa
 * Danish: præsteembede
 * Dutch: bediening van de eredienst
 * Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌱𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌹
 * Greek:
 * Irish: ministreacht


 * French:, , ,
 * Italian: