ministry
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
Types & categories
- priesthood hypernym
Sense 2 noun
building where the business of a government department is transacted
Types & categories
- building hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a government department under the direction of a minister
Types & categories
- government department hypernym
- Foreign Office hyponym
- Home Office hyponym
Sense 4 noun
the work of a minister of religion
he is studying for the ministry
Types & categories
- employment hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | priesthood |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | building |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | government department |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Foreign Office |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Home Office |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | employment |