[min.is.try] n, pl -tries (14c) 1: ministration
2: the office, duties, or functions of a minister
3: the body of ministers of religion: clergy
4: agency 2, instrumentality
5: the period of service or office of a minister or ministry
6. often cap a: the body of ministers governing a nation or state from which a smaller cabinet is sometimes selected b: the group of ministers constituting a cabinet
7. a: a government department presided over by a minister b: the building in which the business of a ministry is transacted