ministerie
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Etymology edit
From Dutch ministerie, from French ministère and influenced by Latin ministerium.
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Noun edit
ministerie (plural ministeries)
- ministry (government department under the authority of a minister)
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French ministère and influenced by Latin ministerium.[1]
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Noun edit
ministerie n (plural ministeries, diminutive ministerietje n)
- ministry (government department under the authority of a minister) [from 18th c.]
- Dat blijkt uit onderzoek in opdracht van het ministerie van Economische Zaken en branche-organisatie Aedes, dat vandaag openbaar wordt. — That becomes clear from research commissioned by the ministry of Economic Affairs and branch-organization Aedes, which today becomes public. (Algemeen Dagblad, 12/19/2006)
- (archaic) service, ministry [from 17th c.]
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Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: ministerie
- → West Frisian: ministearje
References edit
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute