| Definitions of 'minister' |
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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"
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| Definitions of 'minister' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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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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