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What is a dicastery?

What is a dicastery? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A term used by the Holy See corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments of the Catholic Church.
  2. A judicial body of the ancient Athenian state, made up of dicasts.
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Other documents published later by the dicastery, even though they do not bear directly on religious formation, still touch it under one or another aspect.
In the preparation of the Constitution the particular nature and profile of the dicastery were taken into account.
A dicastery of the Holy See can only be defined in the light of the papal magisteruim, and especially of the documents and guidelines in which the Popes have referred, directly to it, or to the Roman Curia in general.
There was no record of any communication from Moran on this topic in the records of the dicastery of first instance to which Moran was answerable.
If one of them refused to accept the award or if the matter was not subject to compulsory arbitration, the case was referred to a dicastery presided over by the magistrate.
These have been the object of exhaustive instructions on the part of the competent dicastery, which instructions are also pertinent to religious who are to be ordained for these ministries.

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