Minister

Quick meaning: Minister is a noun meaning (Protestantism) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (government) A politician who heads a ministry
2. In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
3. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
4. (intransitive, used with "to") To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
5. (intransitive) To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
6. (transitive, archaic) To afford, to give, to supply.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

We minister to God reason to suspect us.

He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.

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

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Word Forms

• ministers
• ministering
• ministered

Synonyms for minister

Depending on context, synonyms include rector, pastor, parson, curate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include parson, rector, curate, pastor, priest, reverend.

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