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ministry

 
 
/ˈmɪnɪstri/ noun

Translation

[C] a government department which is responsible for a particular subject
bakanlık
the Ministry of Defence a Foreign Ministry spokesman680
the ministry the job of being a priest
papazlık mesleği
What made you decide to enter the ministry (= become a priest)?743
(Definition of ministry noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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