minister

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

2. 2noun

   An officer of justice.

3. 3noun

   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. 4noun

   A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.

5. 5noun

   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. 6noun

   To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.

7. 7intransitive verb

   To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.

8. 8intransitive verb

   To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.

9. 9noun

   the job of a head of a government department

10. 10noun

    a person authorized to conduct religious worship

    "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

    Synonyms

    curateparsonpastorrector
11. 11noun

    a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador

12. 12noun

    a person appointed to a high office in the government

    "Minister of Finance"

13. 13verb

    work as a minister

    "She is ministering in an old parish"

14. 14verb

    attend to the wants and needs of others

    "I have to minister to my mother all the time"