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minister   (TTS Sound)

The noun minister has 4 senses

• curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector -- (a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches")


• minister, government minister -- (a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance")


• minister, diplomatic minister -- (a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador)


• minister -- (the job of a head of a government department)

The verb minister has 2 senses

• minister -- (attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time")


• minister -- (work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish")