Definition of "ministery"

For the ministration of the Law consisting of carnal things , drew to it such a Ministery as consisted of carnal respects , dignity ; precedence , and the like

1642 (indicated as 1641), John Milton, The Reason of Church-governement Urg’d against Prelaty […], London: […] E[dward] G[riffin] for Iohn Rothwell, […]