relating to a government minister or the department they lead
The prime minister announced a new ministerial policy on climate change.
She holds a senior ministerial post in the foreign office.
✦ From 'minister' + the suffix '-ial', ultimately from Latin 'minister' meaning 'servant' or 'attendant'.
relating to the work or position of a religious minister or priest
The pastor's ministerial robe was embroidered with gold thread.
She began her ministerial career after seminary school.
of an official duty or action that must be done exactly as ordered, without using personal judgment
The judge ruled that the task was purely ministerial.
Clerks perform ministerial functions like filing documents.
