ministerial

[US]/mɪnɪ'stɪərɪəl/
[UK]/ˌmɪnɪ'stɪrɪəl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. of or relating to a minister, of or relating to a government minister, of or relating to an ambassador

Phrases & Collocations

ministerial meeting

ministerial post

Example Sentences

a conference on a ministerial level

the coupling of tribunals with ministerial enquiries.

those uses of conversation which are ministerial to intellectual culture.

a back-bencher who had never held ministerial office.

only two cabinet members had held ministerial rank before.

Real-world Examples

Blurring the issue is one of the basic ministerial skills.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 2

It's a local matter, not a ministerial one.

Source: Yes, Minister Season 3

The two sides held a ministerial meeting via video-link yesterday.

Source: CRI Online August 2020 Collection

The next ministerial meeting will be held in Qatar in 2016.

Source: CRI Online June 2014 Collection

The purpose today was to set up more talks of ministerial level.

Source: NPR News June 2013 Compilation

What did you think pf it? The bit about ending the scandal of ministerial patronage?

Source: Yes, Minister Season 1

It remarks to the WHO's ministerial assembly, which is being held online.

Source: BBC Listening May 2020 Collection

OPEC released a statement of Thursday following an OPEC ministerial meeting via video link.

Source: CRI Online March 2021 Collection

Yesterday the president invited all members of Parliament to apply for any ministerial position.

Source: NPR News Compilation April 2022

The discussions followed an earlier foreign ministerial meeting in the German city of Bonn.

Source: VOA Special March 2017 Collection

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