Synonyms for ministry

noun

1. The functions of the clergy

   pastoral care, preaching, exhortation, administration of the sacraments, prayer, spiritual leadership, service.

2. The clergy

   the cloth, clergymen, ecclesiastics, clerics, the clerical order, priesthood, the pulpit, clericals, prelacy, vicarage, the desk, clergy.

3. A department of state

   bureau, administrative agency, executive branch; see department 2.