as in pastoral
of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy
a priest conscientiously tending to his ministerial duties
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Recent Examples of ministerial
Government and industry alignment To manage the program, South Korea recently set up an inter-ministerial coordination body bringing together defense, industry, and aviation authorities.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Lavrov said earlier the ministerial conference launched talks aimed at developing an action plan for cooperation for the years 2026-2029.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2025
For the first time, key ministerial positions are held by individuals with explicit pro-settler ideologies and personal ties to some of the most violent streams of the settlement movement.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
The strategic framework exists through presidential declarations and ministerial roadmaps, with a clear goal to develop co-production through concrete projects rather than just agreements on paper.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
Lavrov said earlier the ministerial conference launched talks aimed at developing an action plan for cooperation for the years 2026-2029.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Dec. 2025
For the first time, key ministerial positions are held by individuals with explicit pro-settler ideologies and personal ties to some of the most violent streams of the settlement movement.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
The strategic framework exists through presidential declarations and ministerial roadmaps, with a clear goal to develop co-production through concrete projects rather than just agreements on paper.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ministerial
pastoral
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As Archbishop, Hicks will be in a position to do things differently from the bully pulpit of New York—to carry forward Francis’s pastoral flexibility and identification with people on society’s margins.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Editor Martin Ivanov’s empathetic, dreamlike cutting underscores the symbiosis between humans and storks in a pastoral world before it is disrupted by capitalism.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Ministerial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministerial. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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