Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In politics, a supporter of the ministry in office.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.
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- noun A
supporter of theministers , or theparty in power.
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of the most formidable anti-ministerialist papers which, had hitherto appeared, was the _Monitor_.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Selwyn was a ministerialist, though he seems to have kept a cooler head than many of his friends.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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Lands; a ministerialist; ill; correspondence with Lady Carlisle begins; advice to young men; at Richmond; reading Bampton
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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He was at that time "a vehement anti-ministerialist," but, after the invasion of Switzerland, a more vehement anti-Gallican, and still more intensely an anti-Jacobin:
The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 James Gillman
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Selwyn was a ministerialist, though he seems to have kept a cooler head than many of his friends.
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Lands; a ministerialist; ill; correspondence with Lady Carlisle begins; advice to young men; at Richmond; reading Bampton
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It is needless to describe in detail the literary task-work done by Johnson at this period, the Latin poems which he contributed in praise of Cave, and of Cave's friends, or the Jacobite squibs by which he relieved his anti-ministerialist feelings.
Samuel Johnson Leslie, Stephen 1878
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Roby the ministerialist, sitting at the end of the table between his sister-inlaw and Mrs Happerton, was very confidential respecting the Government and parliamentary affairs in general.
The Prime Minister 1876
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Johnson at this period, the Latin poems which he contributed in praise of Cave, and of Cave's friends, or the Jacobite squibs by which he relieved his anti-ministerialist feelings.
Samuel Johnson Leslie Stephen 1868
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Roby the ministerialist, sitting at the end of the table between his sister-in-law and Mrs. Happerton, was very confidential respecting the Government and parliamentary affairs in general.
The Prime Minister Anthony Trollope 1848
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