[UNDER-1 6 b.] Subordinate service or office.
1651. Jer. Taylor, Serm. for Year, II. xxi. 272. That we should do all the under-ministeries we can in this great work. Ibid. (1660), Ductor, III. iv. rule 5 § 2. The division of Ecclesiastical charges, the appointment of under-ministeries in the Church.