ministry Definition

1a. A government department;

Thesaurus: bureau, office, department, administration, council.
1b. The premises it occupies.
2a. The profession, duties or period of service of a religious minister;

Thesaurus: vicarage, holy orders, the church, the priesthood, the cloth, the pulpit.
Form: the ministry
2b. Religious ministers collectively.

Form: the ministry
3. The act of ministering.