Mĭn'is-tē'ri-al, a.
(89), a. [Fr. ministériel, Sp. ministerial, It. ministeriale. See MINISTER.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to ministry, or to the performance of service, or of executive office; attending for service; attendant; acting at command.
“Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames.” Prior.
Sense 2. Pertaining to the office of a minister; executive, ambassadorial, or sacerdotal; belonging to, or concerning, a minister.
For the ministerial offices in court there must be an eye to them. Bacon.
Sense 3. Tending to advance or promote; contributive; conducive. [Rare.]
We have fixed our view on those uses of conversation which are ministerial to intellectual culture. De Quincey.
Synonyms—Official; clerical; priestly; sacerdotal; ecclesiastical.