Of or relating to a curator or the duties of a curator.
1. Fit or ready for use or service; SYN. usable, useable, in working order, operable, operational.
2. Relating to or based on function especially as opposed to structure or esthetics.
3. Designed for or capable of a particular function or use.
4. Designed for or adapted to a function or use.
5. (Pathology) Involving or affecting function rather than physiology.
ETYM Latin ministerialis: cf. French ministériel. Related to Minister, Minstrel.
1. Of or relating to a government minister or ministry.
2. Of or relating to a minister of religion or the minister's office.
ETYM Latin officialis: cf. French officiel. Related to Office, Official.
1. Of or relating to an office.
2. Verified officially.
3. Having official authority or sanction.
4. Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; SYN. prescribed.
5. (Of a church) Given official status as a national or state institution.
ETYM Old Eng. propre, French propre, from Latin proprius. Related to Appropriate.
1. Appropriate for a condition or occasion; SYN. right, suitable.
2. Marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness.
3. Having all the qualities typical of the thing specified.
4. Limited to the thing specified.
5. Elements of Christian mass that are variable.
In the manner of a clergyman.