minister

UK /ˈmɪn.ɪs.tə/ US /ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ/
noun 5verb 3

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

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

3

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.

4

In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.

5

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

1

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

2

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

3

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)

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