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Minister   /mˈɪnəstər/  /mˈɪnɪstər/   Listen
noun
Minister  n.  
1.
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument. "Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua." "I chose Camillo for the minister, to poison My friend Polixenes."
2.
An officer of justice. (Obs.) "I cry out the on the ministres, quod he, That shoulde keep and rule this cité."
3.
One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs. "Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man."
4.
A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business. Note: Ambassadors are classed (in the diplomatic sense) in the first rank of public ministers, ministers plenipotentiary in the second. "The United States diplomatic service employs two classes of ministers, ministers plenipotentiary and ministers resident."
5.
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.
Synonyms: Delegate; official; ambassador; clergyman; parson; priest.


verb
Minister  v. t.  (past & past part. ministered; pres. part. ministering)  To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer. "He that ministereth seed to the sower." "We minister to God reason to suspect us."


Minister  v. i.  
1.
To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular. "The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister."
2.
To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies; as, to minister to the sick. "Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased?"





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"Minister" Quotes from Famous Books



... give the breast to her squalling daughter; for he thought it most uncomely that he should borrow help from a woman of the lowest degree. Moreover, he knew that she could nourish her own flesh and blood with milk better than she could minister to the wounds of ...
— The Danish History, Books I-IX • Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")
... heard all, I might as well confess that it is quite true," he answered. "And God forgive that brute of a husband you just married. He ought to swing for the crime as sure as there is a heaven above us. There will be no end of the good minister's wrath when he hears the story, my ...
— Mischievous Maid Faynie • Laura Jean Libbey
... ancient name ("lord") still, although it be not a little impugned by such as love either to hear of change of all things or can abide no superiors. For notwithstanding it be true that in respect of function the office of the eldership[3] is equally distributed between the bishop and the minister, yet for civil government's sake the first have more authority given unto them by kings and princes, to the end that the rest may thereby be with more ease retained within a limited compass of uniformity than otherwise ...
— Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) • Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed
... includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government. Cabinet includes the official name for this body of high-ranking advisers and the method for selection of members. Elections include the ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... was born in slavery, Mar. 14, 1861, on the Breeding Plantation, Adair County, Kentucky. Her parents were Henry and Margaret King who belonged to James Breeding, a Methodist minister who was kind to all his slaves and no remembrance of his having ever struck one ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - From Interviews with Former Slaves: Indiana Narratives • Works Projects Administration


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