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A small army of paperwork that quietly runs everything you'll never see it doing.
means A government department responsible for a specific area of public affairs, or more broadly the act of serving and tending to others, especially in a religious context.
from From Latin 'ministerium' meaning service or attendance, built on 'minister' — a servant or attendant. That 'minister' itself contrasts neatly with 'magister' (master): 'minus' (less) versus 'magis' (more). So a minister was originally the lesser one, the one who serves — a humble root for a word that now names the people running entire nations. It arrived in English via Old French 'ministere.'
- original meaning
- Latin ministerium meant servant or attendant
- the band
- Industrial pioneers Ministry started as synth-pop in 1981
- silly walks
- Monty Python invented a fictional Ministry of them
- oldest one
- Britain's Treasury dates to the 12th century
- naming quirk
- Some nations call them ministries, others departments, others bureaus
british ministry of defence — uk government department responsible for armed forces, established 1964
israeli ministry of health — government agency managing healthcare system for 9.5 million citizens