(1):
(n.) The act of ministering; ministration; service.
(2):
(n.) Agency; instrumentality.
(3):
(n.) The office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession.
(4):
(n.) The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body.
(5):
(n.) Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt.