different between ministerial vs episcopal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ministeriel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n.??sti?.i.?l/

Adjective

ministerial (comparative more ministerial, superlative most ministerial)

1. Related to a religious minister or ministry.
2. Related to a governmental minister or ministry.
3. Having the power to wield delegated executive authority.
4. (especially law) Serving as an instrument or means (i.e., procedural or ancillary, not substantive).

   Filling out the form under the direction of a lawyer is a ministerial task performed by a legal secretary.

Synonyms

• (serving as an instrument or means): instrumental

Derived terms

• ministerially

Related terms

• minister
• ministry
• ministerium

Translations

Noun

ministerial (plural ministerials)

1. (historical) A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles.

Translations

Anagrams

• matrilinies

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ministerial (masculine and feminine plural ministerials)

1. ministerial

Portuguese

Adjective

ministerial m or f (plural ministeriais, comparable)

1. (ecclesiastical) ministerial (related to a religious minister or ministry)
2. (government) ministerial (related to a governmental minister or ministry)
3. ministerial (having the power to wield delegated executive authority)

Related terms

• ministério
• ministro

Romanian

Etymology

From French ministériel

Adjective

ministerial m or n (feminine singular ministerial?, masculine plural ministeriali, feminine and neuter plural ministeriale)

1. ministerial

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

ministerial (plural ministeriales)

1. ministerial

English

Etymology

From Middle English episcopal, from Late Latin episcop?lis, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (epískopos, “watchman, overseer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?s.k?.pl?/

Adjective

episcopal (comparative more episcopal, superlative most episcopal)

1. Of or relating to the affairs of a bishop in various Christian churches.

Related terms

• episcopacy
• episcopalian
• Episcopalian
• episcopy

Translations

See also

• episcope (unrelated)

Anagrams

• coapplies

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin episcop?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.pis.ko?pal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.pis.ku?pal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.pis.ko?pal/

Adjective

episcopal (masculine and feminine plural episcopals)

1. episcopal

Further reading

• “episcopal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “episcopal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “episcopal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “episcopal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin episcop?lis

Adjective

episcopal m or f (plural episcopais, comparable)

1. (ecclesiastical) episcopal (relating to bishops)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French épiscopal and Latin episcop?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e.pis.ko?pal/

Adjective

episcopal m or n (feminine singular episcopal?, masculine plural episcopali, feminine and neuter plural episcopale)

1. episcopal

Declension

Related terms

• arhiepiscop
• episcop
• episcopie

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin episcop?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /episko?pal/, [e.pis.ko?pal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: e?pis?co?pal

Adjective

episcopal (plural episcopales)

1. episcopal

Derived terms

• arquiepiscopal

Further reading

• “episcopal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.