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ministerial coded adj. Having drunk enough to treat the morning’s conduct as a matter for formal guidance. Finola was ministerial coded, consulting household rules before replying to a breakfast message. ministerialed (/ˌmɪnəˈstɪɹi.əld/) adj. Too drunk to manage the morning’s simplest duty without first seeking approval from the biscuit tin. Terraine was ministerialed, awaiting permission from the cupboard before attempting breakfast. ministerialised adj. Having drunk more than the household can support, yet still attempting a military inspection of the fridge. ministerialisted adj. You have drunk enough to support the morning’s government, whatever its policy on toast may be. ministerialitied adj. Of a drinker: formal, dutiful, and still inclined to make a speech over the first cup of tea. Hazelle was ministerialitied, delivering a formal address over the first tea. ministerialitised adj. You are drunk and more concerned with administering your headache than with the organisation of breakfast. ministerialnessed adj. Of a drinker who has appointed the morning’s headache to a senior administrative post. ministeried adj. Slowed by drink to administering the household one cup of tea and one measured apology at a time. ministering angelled adj. A drinker who, by morning, is helping everyone into coats and quietly confiscating the car keys. Stepehen was ministering angelled, guiding tired guests towards taxis with quiet efficiency. ministeringed adj. Describing a drinker who tends to everyone else’s hangover while neglecting the conspicuous one of their own. Rykin was ministeringed, distributing water despite needing most of it himself. ministeriumed (/ˌmɪnɪˈstɪəɹi.əmd/) adj. A drinker so far gone that the morning’s recovery requires a committee, minutes, and several kinds of tea. ministershipped adj. The state of being drunk and treating the sofa as an office from which all morning affairs are directed. ministracied adj. The condition of a drinker who administers water, antacids, and solemn advice in equal measure. Panos was ministracied, tending the kitchen’s ailments with a glass and a sigh. ministranted adj. The drunkenness of one who supplies everybody with water while quietly requesting another blanket. Maevry was ministranted, filling glasses for others before asking for the duvet. ministrationed adj. Reduced by drink to dispensing practical care from a horizontal position. ministred adj. Drunk on the strength of yesterday’s sermon, and still offering pastoral care to the kettle this morning.