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. (noun)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"