Minister

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who is authorized to perform religious functions in a Christian church, especially a Protestant church.
  • n. Roman Catholic Church The superior in certain orders.
  • n. A high officer of state appointed to head an executive or administrative department of government.
  • n. An authorized diplomatic representative of a government, usually ranking next below an ambassador.
  • n. A person serving as an agent for another by carrying out specified orders or functions.
  • verb-intransitive. To attend to the wants and needs of others: Volunteers ministered to the homeless after the flood. See Synonyms at tend2.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform the functions of a cleric.
  • v. To administer or dispense (a sacrament, for example).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church.
  • n. A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
  • n. At a diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador
  • n. Someone who serves others.
  • v. To attend to; to tend.
  • v. (archaic) To afford, to give, to supply.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
  • n. An officer of justice.
  • n. One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
  • n. A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
  • n. 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.
  • v. To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
  • verb-intransitive. To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
  • verb-intransitive. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who performs service for another, or executes another's will; one who is subservient; an agent, servant, or attendant.
  • n. One who acts as a medium or dispenser; an administrator or promoter: as, a minister of God's will, of justice, etc.; a minister of peace or charity.
  • n. In politics: One of the persons appointed by the sovereign or chief magistrate of a country as the responsible heads of the different departments of the government; a minister of state: as, the minister of foreign affairs, of the interior, of finance, of war. of justice, etc.
  • n. A diplomatic representative of a country abroad; a person accredited by the executive authority of one country to that of another as its agent for communication and the transaction of business between the two governments; specifically, the political representative of a state in another state, in contradistinction to an ambassador, who holds a nominally higher rank as in general the personal representative of the sovereign or chief of the state at the court of another sovereign.
  • n. Eccles., in the New Testament, a servant of God, God's word, Christ, or the church; an officer of the church; an attendant or assistant (Acts xiii. 5): translating διάκονος (whence deacon), but sometimes λειτουργός (liturge) orὑπηρέτης (an assistant); hence, any member of the ministry.
  • n. An officer of justice.
  • n. The catfish, Amiurus nebulosus: apparently so called from the silvery white throat, contrasting with the dark back, and likened to a clergyman's white necktie.
  • To furnish, supply, or afford; give; serve: as, to minister consolation.
  • To perform; render.
  • Synonyms Administer, Minister. See administer.
  • To act as a minister or attendant; perform service of any kind.
  • To afford supplies; give things needful; furnish means of relief or remedy.
  • To contribute; be of service.
  • To serve.
  • Synonyms Administer to, Minister to (see administer), contribute to, serve, assist, help, succor, wait upon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. attend to the wants and needs of others
  • n. the job of a head of a government department
  • v. work as a minister
  • n. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  • n. a person appointed to a high office in the government
  • n. a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    look    take care    see    attend    work    diplomatist    diplomat   
    Cross Reference
    minister's rental    ministers of the sick    priest    parson    pastor    cleric    vicar    father   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    priest    clergyman    ambassador    parson    official    delegate    servant    subordinate    afford    supply   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    administer    sinister   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    priest    officer    teacher    governor    judge    official    prince    citizen    doctor    gentleman