minister

Plural: ministers

Noun

• a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  • "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
• a person appointed to a high office in the government
  • "Minister of Finance"
• a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
• the job of a head of a government department
• A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
• 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
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: ministered, ministering, ministers

• To give aid or service; to attend to the needs of others.
• attend to the wants and needs of others
  • "I have to minister to my mother all the time"
• work as a minister
  • "She is ministering in an old parish"
• 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.

Examples

• A good Scrabble partner will MINISTER to your strategic needs, suggesting the best plays.
• He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.
• The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.

Synonyms

curate, diplomatic minister, government minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector, minister

Related Words

cleric, father, ministerial, ministerium, ministrix, ministry, parson, pastor, priest, vicar

Anagrams of minister