minister

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UK /ˈmɪn.ɪs.tə/ US /ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ/

noun 5verb 3

Collocations

ADJ.

all, black, foreign, former, hard, own, present, present

The foreign minister announced new trade agreements between the two countries.

VERB + MINISTER

appointed, attended, besieged, dying, press, respects

The dying minister finally received the visitors who had come to pay their respects.

MINISTER + NOUN

chairman, clinton, day, father, god, i'd, interior, night

The prime minister and the chairman met to discuss the new economic policy.

PREP.

in, on, up, with

The new minister with responsibility for education announced sweeping reforms yesterday.

Definitions

noun

A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.

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

A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.

A politician who heads a ministry

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.

In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.

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

[…], 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.

verb

To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.

To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.

To afford, to give, to supply.

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)

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person authorized to conduct religious worship

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

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He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.

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

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I do vvell beleeue your Highneſſe, and did it to miniſter occaſion to theſe Gentlemen, […]

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([…] 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)

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We minister to God reason to suspect us.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, minister is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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