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 Definitions of minister  [ˈmɪn ə stər]  

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Definition of 'minister' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) minister
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.

2.  minister
a person authorized to administer sacraments, as at mass.

3.  minister
a person appointed to some high office of state, esp. to that of head of an administrative department.

4.  minister
a diplomatic representative, usu. ranking below an ambassador.

5.  minister
a person acting as the agent or instrument of another.

6. (v.i.) minister
to perform the functions of a religious minister.

7.  minister
to give service, care, or aid:
to minister to the hungry.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; (n.) ME (< OF menistre) < L minister servant =minis-, var. of minus a lesser amount (see minor ) +-ter n. suffix)

Definition of 'minister' Princeton's 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"


Definition of 'minister' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) minister
a high-ranking member of a government
the British Foreign Minister; the Minister of Culture

2.  minister
a religious leader in some Protestant churches
a conversation with her minister


Definition of 'minister' Webster 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


Translation of 'minister' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a clergyman in certain branches of the Christian Church
He is a minister in the Presbyterian church.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: dominee Arabic flag Arabic: كاهِن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: свещеник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ministro Czech flag Czech: pastor German flag German: der Geistliche
Danish flag Danish: præst Greek flag Greek: κληρικός Spanish flag Spanish: pastor
Estonian flag Estonian: (kiriku)õpetaja, jutlusta Farsi flag Farsi: کشیش Finnish flag Finnish: pappi
French flag French: pasteur Hebrew flag Hebrew: כּוֹמֶר Hindi flag Hindi: मंत्री
Croatian flag Croatian: svećenik, poslanik Hungarian flag Hungarian: lelkész, lelkipásztor Indonesian flag Indonesian: pendeta
Icelandic flag Icelandic: klerkur, prestur Italian flag Italian: pastore, ministro del cul Japanese flag Japanese: 牧師
Korean flag Korean: 성직자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dvasininkas, pastorius Latvian flag Latvian: mācītājs
Malay flag Malay: pendeta Dutch flag Dutch: dominee Norwegian flag Norwegian: prest
Polish flag Polish: pastor Persian flag Persian: کشیش Pashto flag Pashto: كشيش
Portuguese flag Portuguese: clérigo Romanian flag Romanian: pastor Russian flag Russian: священник
Slovak flag Slovak: pastor Slovenian flag Slovenian: duhovnik Serbian flag Serbian: sveštenik
Swedish flag Swedish: präst Thai flag Thai: พระผู้สอนศาสนา (ในศาสนาคร Turkish flag Turkish: papaz, rahip
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 牧師 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: священик Urdu flag Urdu: گرجا کا ایک عہدہ دار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mục sư Chinese flag Chinese: 牧师

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