ministerial
/ˌmɪnəˈstɪɹi.əl/ noun C2- A member of the mediaeval estate or caste of unfree nobles.
- A meeting of government ministers from partner countries. · The NATO ministerial was attended by the defence ministers of all member states.
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Danglars had, however, protested against showing himself in a ministerial box, declaring that his political principles, and his parliamentary position as member of the opposition party would not permit him so to commit himself; the baroness had, therefore, despatched a note to Lucien Debray, bidding him call for them, it being wholly impossible for her to go alone with Eugénie to the opera.
“He has composed two or three comic operas, written four or five articles in the Siècle, and voted five or six years on the ministerial side.”
“Are you interested in the sugar question?” asked the editor of the ministerial paper.
Her husband, a modest government clerk, proudly presented her with an exclusive invitation to a prestigious ministerial gala one evening.
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