minister
noun
[ ˈmɪnɪstə ]
• (in certain countries) a head of a government department.
• "the Defence Minister"
Similar:
member of the government,
political leader,
cabinet minister,
secretary of state,
secretary,
undersecretary,
department head,
privy counsellor,
politician,
diwan,
• a member of the clergy, especially in the Presbyterian and Nonconformist Churches.
• "a minister of the Lutheran church"
Similar:
clergyman,
clergywoman,
cleric,
ecclesiastic,
pastor,
vicar,
rector,
priest,
parson,
father,
man/woman of the cloth,
man/woman of God,
churchman,
churchwoman,
curate,
chaplain,
curé,
divine,
evangelist,
preacher,
kirkman,
reverend,
padre,
Holy Joe,
sky pilot,
josser,
• a diplomatic agent, usually ranking below an ambassador, representing a state or sovereign in a foreign country.
Similar:
ambassador,
chargé d'affaires,
plenipotentiary,
envoy,
emissary,
legate,
diplomat,
consul,
delegate,
representative,
aide,
dignitary,
official,
• a person or thing used to achieve or convey something.
• "the Angels are ministers of the Divine Will"
minister
verb
• attend to the needs of (someone).
• "her doctor was busy ministering to the injured"
Similar:
tend,
care for,
take care of,
look after,
nurse,
treat,
attend to,
see to,
administer to,
help,
assist,
succour,
cater to,
serve,
wait on,
accommodate,
be solicitous of,
pander to,
doctor,
• act as a minister of religion.
• "will these women be permitted to minister as priests?"
Origin:
Middle English (in minister (sense 2 of the noun)); also in the sense ‘a person acting under the authority of another’): from Old French ministre (noun), ministrer (verb), from Latin minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’.
