Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ministerial

Ministerial , adjective

[Latin ministerialis: compare French ministériel. See Minister, and compare Minstrel.]

1.
Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.
Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames. — Prior
2.
Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal.
Ministerial offices. — Bacon
A ministerial measure. — Junius
Ministerial garments. — Hooker
3.
Tending to advance or promote; contributive.
Ministerial to intellectual culture. — De Quincey
Collocations (1)
The ministerial benches , the benches in the House of Commons occupied by members of the cabinet and their supporters; -- also, the persons occupying them. Very solid and very brilliant talents distinguish the ministerial benches. — Burke