minister

Definitions

1. minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service)
2. A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
3. A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church
4. To administer or dispense (a sacrament, for example).
5. A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church
6. A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
7. A government officer who heads a department.
8. A politician who heads a ministry
9. A person ordained for service in a Christian church:churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, parson, preacher.
10. In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador
11. In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
12. (with to) to give help (to). She ministered to his needs. omsien يَسْهَر على، يَرْعى، يُساعِد помагам cuidar de pečovat, pomáhat behilflich sein hjælpe; sørge for υπηρετώatender, cuidar rahuldama خدمت کردن huolehtia donner des soins לְסַפֵּק צְרָכַיו सेवा करना pomagati segít membantu hlynna að provvedere a ～に役立つ 주다, 공급하다 pasirūpinti, padėti palīdzēt; gādāt membantu verzorgensørge for, yte hjelp tildbać خدمت كول cuidar de a avea grijă de прислуживать starať sa (o), pomôcť (komu) pomagati brinu...
    with
13. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument
14. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
15. of or concerning ministers. ministerial duties. ministeriële كَهْنوتي، وزاري министерски ministerial ministerský; pastorský Ministerial-... ministeriel υπουργικόςministerial ministri-, õpetaja-, jutlustaja- وزیری ministerin ministériel, sacerdotal שֶׁל שַׂר मंत्रालय संबंधी pomoćni miniszteri yang berhubungan dengan menteri ráðherra- ministeriale; sacerdotale 大臣の 성직자의 ministro, ministrų ministra-; ministrijas- yang berkaitan dengan menteri ministerieelpreste-; statsråds-, minister- ministerial...
16. ministro; pastor.
17. One who is authorized to perform religious functions in a Christian church, especially a Protestant church.
18. A high officer of state appointed to head an executive or administrative department of government.
19. An authorized diplomatic representative of a government, usually ranking next below an ambassador.
20. A person serving as an agent for another by carrying out specified orders or functions.

Equivalents

Examples

“The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.”

“He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.”

“Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man.”

“[…], I choſe / Camillo for the miniſter, to poyſon / My friend Polixenes: […]”

“And Moſes roſe vp, and his miniſter Ioſhua: and Moſes went vp into the mount⟳ of God.”

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