MINISTER
\mˈɪnɪstə], \mˈɪnɪstə], \m_ˈɪ_n_ɪ_s_t_ə]\
Definitions of MINISTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance"
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attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time"
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work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"
By Princeton University
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a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance"
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attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time"
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(British) the job of a head of a government department
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A clergyman.
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A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
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An officer of justice.
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One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
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A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
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One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.
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To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
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To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.
By Oddity Software
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A clergyman.
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A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
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An officer of justice.
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One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
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A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
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One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.
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To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
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To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.
By Noah Webster.
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A clergyman.
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To supply.
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To attend; contribute.
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To perform a rite of worship.
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The head of a governmental department; the representative of a foreign government.
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A servant; agent.
By James Champlin Fernald
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One intrusted by the head of a government with the direction of affairs of state; an ambassador sent to a foreign government; a clergyman or pastor of a church.
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To serve; to give aid by doing helpful things; to serve as pastor of a church.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To attend, as a servant: to perform duties: to give things needful.
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To furnish: -pr.p. ministering; pa.p. ministered.
By Daniel Lyons
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A servant; clergyman; agent; manager of state affairs; representative of a government at a foreign court.
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To attend.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Latin[ A servant; a subordinate; an assistant of inferior rank; -one to whom a king or prince instrusts the direction of affairs of state; executive magistrate; -the representative of a sovereign or government at a foreign court; -one who serves at the altar; the pastor of a church; -a messenger of God.
