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Definitions of 'minister' Wordnet 

1. (noun) curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
"clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

2. (noun) minister, government minister
a person appointed to a high office in the government
"Minister of Finance"

3. (noun) minister, diplomatic minister
a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador

4. (verb) minister
the job of a head of a government department

5. (verb) minister
attend to the wants and needs of others
"I have to minister to my mother all the time"

6. (verb) minister
work as a minister
"She is ministering in an old parish"


Definitions of 'minister' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) minister
a servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument

2. (noun) minister
an officer of justice

3. (noun) minister
one to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs

4. (noun) minister
a representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business

5. (noun) minister
one who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments

6. (noun) minister
to furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer

7. (verb) minister
to act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular

8. (verb) minister
to supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies


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