different between organization vs ministry

English

Alternative forms

• organisation (UK, Australia, New Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle French organisation.Morphologically organize +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?????na??ze???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?????n??ze???n/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?????na??ze???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: or?ga?ni?za?tion

Noun

organization (countable and uncountable, plural organizations)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being organized.

2. (uncountable) The way in which something is organized, such as a book or an article.

3. (countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.

4. (countable) A group of people consciously cooperating.

5. (baseball) A major league club and all its farm teams.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• disorganization
• organizational

Related terms

• organize

Translations

Further reading

• organization in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• organization in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. A ministration
4. The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
5. (Christianity) The clergy of nonapostolic Protestant churches.
6. (Christianity) Work of a spiritual or charitable nature.

   the present ministry of the Holy Spirit

Derived terms

• bus ministry
• ministerial

Translations

Anagrams

• myristin