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ministry
English
Etymology
From Middle English mynisterie, borrowed from Old French menistere, in turn borrowed itself from Latin ministerium; equivalent to minister +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?n?st?i/
- Hyphenation: mi?nis?try
Noun
ministry (plural ministries)
- Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy, but also as a polity
- She works for the ministry of finance.
- The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)
- The premier offered his last ministry's resignation to the monarch, and is asked to form a new one in accordance with the election results.
- A ministration
- The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
- (Christianity) The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
- (Christianity) Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.
- the present ministry of the Holy Spirit
Derived terms
- bus ministry
- ministerial
Translations
Anagrams
- myristin
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mission
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin missi?nem, accusative of missi? (“a sending, sending away, dispatching, discharging, release, remission, cessation”), from mitt? (“I send”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?sh?n, m?sh??n, IPA(key): /?m??n?/, /?m???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: mis?sion
Noun
mission (countable and uncountable, plural missions)
- (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
- (uncountable) Religious evangelism.
- (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
- (countable) (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
- A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service
- A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
mission (third-person singular simple present missions, present participle missioning, simple past and past participle missioned)
- (transitive) To send on a mission.
- do missionary work, proselytize
Further reading
- mission in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mission in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mission”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Ionisms
Finnish
Noun
mission
- genitive singular of missio
French
Etymology
From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missi?, missi?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.sj??/
Noun
mission f (plural missions)
- mission (duty that involves fulfilling a request)
- mission (religious evangelism)
Derived terms
- missionnaire
- missionner
Related terms
- admission
- démission
- permission
- rémission
- mettre
Further reading
- “mission” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- misions
Norman
Etymology
From Old French mission, borrowed from Latin missi?, missi?nem.
Noun
mission f (plural missions)
- (Jersey) mission
Old French
Alternative forms
- mession
- micion
- mision
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin missi?, missi?nem.
Noun
mission f (oblique plural missions, nominative singular mission, nominative plural missions)
- expense; cost; outlay
Descendants
- French: mission
- Norman: mission
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m???u?n/
Noun
mission c
- (countable) a mission; a purpose or duty, a task set by an employer
- (uncountable) mission; religious evangelism
Declension
Related terms
- missionär
- missionsfält
- missionsförbund
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