quasi-ministerial

adjective

pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.

pertaining to a ministry or minister of state.

pertaining to or invested with delegated executive authority.

of ministry or service.

serving as an instrument or means; instrumental.

Origin:
1555–65; < Late Latin ministeriālis, equivalent to Latin ministeri(um) ministry + -ālis -al¹

Related forms

min·is·te·ri·al·ly, adverb

an·ti·min·is·te·ri·al, adjective

an·ti·min·is·te·ri·al·ly, adverb

in·ter·min·is·te·ri·al, adjective

non·min·is·te·ri·al, adjective

non·min·is·te·ri·al·ly, adverb

pseu·do·min·is·te·ri·al, adjective

qua·si-min·is·te·ri·al, adjective

sem·i·min·is·te·ri·al, adjective

un·min·is·te·ri·al, adjective

un·min·is·te·ri·al·ly, adverb

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ministerial (ˌmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəl)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to a minister of religion or his office
2.	of or relating to a government minister or ministry: a ministerial act
3.	(often capital) of or supporting the ministry or government against the opposition
4.	law relating to or possessing delegated executive authority
5.	law (of an office, duty, etc) requiring the following of instructions, without power to exercise any personal discretion in doing so
6.	acting as an agent or cause; instrumental

minis'terially

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

ministerial

1560s, of religion; 1650s, of state; in some uses from Fr. ministériel, from M.L. ministerialis, from L. ministerium (see ministry); in some cases probably directly from minister or ministry.

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"In the small town each citizen had done something in his own way to build the community. The town booster had a vision of the future which he tried to fulfill. The suburb dweller by contrast started with the future—with a shopping center for twice the population, with a school building already built, with churches constructed, with parks and playgrounds and swimming pools. These were as essential to building a suburb as the prematurely grand hotel had been to building a city in the wilderness. In large developments where the developer had a plan, and even in the smaller developments, there was a new kind of paternalism: not the quasi-feudal paternalism of the company town, nor the paternalism of the utopian ideologue. This new kind of paternalism was fostered by the American talent for organization, by the rising twentieth century American standard of living, and by the American genius for mass production. It was the paternalism of the market place. The suburban developer, unlike the small-town booster, seldom intended to live in the community he was building. For him community was a commodity, a product to be sold at a profit."

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