minion3 (miny on)

[Origin not ascertained.] The siftings of ironstone after calcination at the iron-furnaces. Weale. minionette (min-yo-net'), a. and n. [ His minionette face. Walpole, Letters, I. 205. ( Davies.) II. n. In printing, a bastard body of type, measuring about 114 lines to the inch, smaller than minion and larger than nonpareil, in strel, etc.] 1. One who performs service for another, or executes another's will; one who is subservient; an agent, servant, or attendant. Whan the Kyng hat he don, thanne don the Lordes; and aftre hem here Mynystres and other men, zif the i may have ony remenant. Mandeville, Travels, p. 170. O war! thou son of hell. Whom angry heavens do make their minister . Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., v. 2. 34. The word minister , in the original Διακονος , sign if i eth one that voluntarily doth the busine of another man; and differ eth from a servant only in this, that servants are obliged by their condition to what is commanded them; whereas ministers are obliged only by their undertaking, and bound therefore to no more than they have under taken. Hobbes , Leviathan, iii. 42. I have grounds for believing that Henry VIII. was the master, and in no sense the minister , of his people. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 289. 2. One who acts as a medium or dispenser; an administrator or promoter: as, a minister of God's will, of justice, etc.; a minister of peace or charity. Is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. Gal. ii. 17. Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Shak ., Hamlet, i. 4. 39. Minister is used in most European countries as the official title of all heads of departments, but in Great Britain only in a generic sense (as, a minister of the crown), the individual ministers being officially designated the secretary of state for foreign affairs, for war, for the colonies, etc., or by other titles, as chancellor of the exchequer (minister of finance). In the government of the United States the title minister is not used at all, and there is no ministry; the corresponding officers, differing from the preceding both in mode of appointment and degree of power and responsibility, are called secretaries (of state, of the interior, of the treasury, of war, of the navy, of agriculture), postmaster-general, and attorney-general. See cabinet, 4. Very different training was nece ary to form a great minister for foreign affairs. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xi. (b) A diplomatic representative of a country abroad; a person accredited by the executive authority of one country to that of another as its agent for communication and the transaction of busine between the two governments; specifically, the political representative of a state in another state, in contradistinction to an amba ador , who holds a nominally higher rank as in general the personal representative of the sovereign or chief of the state at the court of another sovereign. Until 1893 the United States sent and received only ministers in this specific sense, called in full either envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary or ministers resident. Since that date amba adors have been sent to and received from several of the principal European powers.4. Eccles ., in the New Testament, a servant of God, God's word, Christ, or the church; an officer of the church; an attendant or a istant (Acts xiii. 5): translating διάκονος (whence dea con), but sometimes λειτουργός (liturge) or ύπη ρέτης (an a istant); hence, any member of the ministry. The word is used of civil authorities in Rom. xiii. 4-6. In the ancient church minister usually meant a deacon or one in minor orders, the Latin word minister being the equivalent of the Greek διάκονος. See ministry. These Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church, - Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Book of Common Prayer , Pref. to Ordinal. Mr. Williams, the teacher at Salem, was again convented, and all the ministers in the bay being desired to be present, he was charged with the said two letters. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 204. 51. An officer of justice. "I crye out on the min is tres ," quod he, "That sholden kepe and reule this cite." Chaucer , Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 223. 6. The catfish, A miurus nebulosus: apparently so called from the silvery white throat, contrasting with the dark back, and likened to a clergyman's white necktie. [Local, U. S.] "Horned pout," "bull-heads," or ministers , probably the hardiest of all the fresh-water fish, thrive in Northern and Tribune Book of Sports , p. 155. Eastern States. Ministers of the sick, a Roman Catholic order of priests and laymen, founded by Camillus of Lellis, to serve hospital patients. It was made a religious order by Gregory XIV. (end of the sixteenth century). - Minister's rental, in Scots law, the rental of the parish lodged by the minister in a proce of augmentation and locality. = Syn. 4. Minister, Pastor, Clergyman, Divine, Parson, Priest. Minister views a man as serving a church; pastor views him as caring for a church as a shepherd cares for sheep; clergyman views him as belonging to a certain cla ; divine is properly one learned in theology, a theologian; parson, formerly a respectful designation, is now little better than a jocular name for a clergyman; priest regards a man as appointed to offer sacrifice. minister (min'is-ter), v. [ And there the Gray Freres of Mounte Syon mynystred wyne vnto vs euery day twyse. Sir R. Guylforde , Pylgrymage, p. 18. I would to God that these few lines, wherein I have made relation of that learned mans speeches, may minis ter occasion to some singular scholler to take in hand this worthy enterprise. Coryat , Crudities, I. 43 (sig. D). Most sweet attendance, with tobacco and pipes of the best sort, shall be ministered . B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, iii. 1. minister Christ hath commanded prayers to be made, sacraments to be ministered , his Church to be carefully taught and Hooker, Eccles. Polity, iii. 11. guided. 21. To perform; render. [Rare.] Ceremonies may With full and holy rite be minister'd. 3777 2. A name sometimes given to the epistle cor- ner of a Christian altar, because there the server or minister a ists the priest celebrant in mak- ing preparation for offering the eucharistic sac- rifice. Lee . =Syn. 1. Administer, Minister. See administer. II. in trans. 1. To act as a minister or attendant; perform service of any kind. Thei ordeynd a couent, to ministre in that kirke. Rob . of Brunne , p. 80. I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. Ex. xxix. 44. ministration. ministralt (min'is-tral), a . [ ministral , mini str a lis , servant: see minister , n.] Per- taining to a minister; ministerial. Johnson. ministrant (min's-trant), a . and n. [= Sp. Pg. mini str ante, mini str an (t-)s, ppr. of mini str are , serve: see minister , v.] I. a. Min- istry of any kind. 2. To afford supplies; give things needful; istering; performing service; exercising min- furnish means of relief or remedy. IMG:content-0675.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Of or pertaining to a minister or ministry of state; belonging to executive as distinguished from legislative or judicial office: as, min isterial functions. Very solid and very brilliant talents distinguished the ministerial benches. Burke , Appeal to Old Whigs. Through the power of the members of the Federal Council to attend and speak in either house, the Swi A embly can therefore hear what in England we call a ministerial statement. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 391. 3. Pertaining to the office, character, or habits of a clergyman; clerical: as, ministerial gar ments. It is the inward calling of God that makes a Minister, and his own pain full study and diligence that manures and improves his minister i all gifts. Milton , On Def. of Humb. Remonst. Ministerial acts, offices, powers, in law, those acts, offices, or powers that are to be performed or exercised uniformly on a given state of facts, in a prescribed manner, in obedience to law or the mandate of legal authority, without dependence on the exercise of judgment as to the propriety of so doing. Thus, the duties of a sheriff or clerk of court are chiefly if not entirely ministerial. - Ministerial benches. See bench. Syn. 3. Ecclesiastical. ministerialist (min-is-tē'ri-al-ist), n. [ The Ministerialists have not been able to maintain in the counties the advantage they had gained in the boroughs. Edinburgh Rev., CLXIII. 281. ministerially (min-is-tē'ri-al-i), adv . In a ministerial manner, character, or capacity. The Son... submits to act ministerially , or in capacity of Mediator. Water land . ministering (min'is-ter-ing), p . a. Attending and serving as a subordinate agent; serving under superior authority; performing personal services; tending. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Heb. i. 14. When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thon! Scott , Marmion, vi. 30. ministerium (min-is-tē'ri-um), n. [L. ministe rium , ministry: see ministry .] 1. In the Luther an Church, a body of ordained ministers having the sole charge of examining, licensing, and ordaining candidates for the ministry, of conducting trials for clerical heresy, and of hearing all appeals from church councils for lay heresy. The word is also sometimes used in a more general sense, as synonymous with synod , which includes both ministers and lay delegates in one body. In such cases, however, the ministerium proper consists of the ordained ministers only. IMG:content-0676.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0677.png:[blocks in formation] 3. The office or function of a minister, civil or ecclesiastical; the state of being a minister, in any sense; the exercise of a ministerial office: as, to discharge one's ministry faithfully; to enter the ministry of the gospel; to be appointed to the ministry of war. Every one that came to do the service of the ministry in the tabernacle of the congregation. Num. iv. 47. Do you think in your heart that you are truly called to the Order and Ministry of Priesthood? ... Book of Common Prayer , Ordering of Priests. Their ministry perform'd, and race well run, They die. Milton , P. L., xii. 505. 4. The general or a particular body of ministers of religion; the ministerial or clerical cla ; the clergy or priesthood. In episcopal churches the ministry consists of bishops, priests, and deacons, and of subdeacons and the minor orders, when such exist, in addition to these. 5. The body of ministers of state in a country; the heads of departments collectively; the executive administration: as, to form a minis try; the policy of the British ministry; the French ministry has resigned. In the United States the corresponding body is called the cabinet. The word Ministry was not then in use, but Counsellors or Courtiers. For the King himself [Charles II.] then took so much upon him that the ministers had not that aggregate title. Roger North , Examen, p. 69. ( Davies .) The first English ministry was gradually formed; nor is it po ible to say quite precisely when it began to exist. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xxiv. ministration (min-is-tra's hon), n . [ ministration = It. minis- trazione , min ist ratio ( n- ), service, minis- trare, pp. mini stratus , serve: see minister , v .] 1. The act of ministering or serving; service. As soon as the days of his ministration were accom- plished. Luke i. 23. 2t. Administration; agency; intervention for 6. A ministerial department of government; aid or service. Thanne comforte him with ministracioun of oure quinte e encie afore seid, and he schal be al hool, but if it be so that god wole algatis that he schal die. Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 15. To hang a man for sixpence, threepence, I know not what-to hang for a trifle, and pardon murder, is in the ministration of the through the framing of ration ably, Hallam Const. Hist. 3. A religious service or other function. The solemn and splendid ministrations of the church were made more magnificent by the stately order of the proce ions, the display of gay and costly dre es, the gleaming of armor, and the waving of innumerable banners. C. E. Norton, Church-building in Middle Ages, p. 100.