minister
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Is minister a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of minister?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (Protestantism) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.Examples: "The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation."
2. (Roman Catholicism) A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
3. (government) A politician who heads a ministryExamples: "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."Synonyms: minister, government minister
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, used with "to") To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.intransitive
2. (intransitive) To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.intransitive
3. (transitive, archaic) To afford, to give, to supply.Examples: "I do vvell beleeue your Highneſſe, and did it to miniſter occaſion to theſe Gentlemen, […]"; "([…] Now he that miniſtreth ſeede to the ſower, both miniſter bread for your foode, and multiply your ſeede ſowen, and encreaſe the fruites of your righteouſneſſe)"; "We minister to God reason to suspect us."archaictransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary