| minister | |
| 1. n. 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. n. A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service). | |
| He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior. | |
| 3. n. At a diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador. | |
| 4. n. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument. | |
| 5. v. To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service. | |
| A newspaper headline: Couple leaves business world to minister to inner-city children | |
| 6. v. to function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship | |
| 7. v. (transitive, archaic) To afford, to give, to supply. | |
