minister

Nouns

  • (n) a person authorized to conduct religious worship
    • clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
    curate, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector,
  • (n) a person appointed to a high office in the government
    • Minister of Finance
    government minister,
  • (n) a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador diplomatic minister,
  • (n) the job of a head of a government department

Verbs

  • (v) attend to the wants and needs of others
    • I have to minister to my mother all the time
  • (v) work as a minister
    • She is ministering in an old parish

Synonyms

curate minister of religion parson pastor rector government minister diplomatic minister

Words of close approximity

ministry
ministerial ministerially minister of finance minister of religion minister plenipotentiary