of or relating to a government minister or ministers
(与)部长(或大臣)(有关)的
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a back-bencher who had never held ministerial office. 从未任过部长的后座议员。
of or relating to a minister of religion
(与)牧师(有关)的。
〈古〉 作为代理(或工具、手段)的
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those uses of conversation which are ministerial to intellectual culture. 谈话作为智育教育手段的运用。
"mid 16th cent.: from French