min·is·te·ri·al / ˌminəˈsti(ə)rēəl/ • adj. 1. of or relating to a minister of religion.2. of or relating to a government minister or ministers: ministerial officials.3. archaic acting as an agent, instrument, or means in achieving a purpose: those uses of conversation which are ministerial to intellectual culture.DERIVATIVES: min·is·te·ri·al·ly adv.

MINISTERIAL

Done under the direction of a supervisor; not involving discretion or policymaking.

Ministerial describes an act or a function that conforms to an instruction or a prescribed procedure. It connotes obedience. A ministerial act or duty is a function performed without the use of judgment by the person performing the act or duty.