minister
- minister
minister [min′is tər]
n.
[OFr ministre < L minister, an attendant, servant, in LL(Ec), Christian preacher < base of L minor, MINOR: formed prob. after magister,MASTER]
1. a person acting for another as agent and carrying out given orders or designs; specif.,
a) a person appointed by the head of a government to take charge of some department
b) a diplomatic officer sent to a foreign nation to represent his or her government, usually ranking below an ambassador
2.
a) anyone authorized to carry out or assist in the spiritual functions of a church
b) an ordained member of a Protestant church; esp., a pastor
3. the superior of certain Roman Catholic religious orders
4. a person or thing thought of as serving as the agent of some power, force, etc. [a minister of evil]
vt.
[ME ministren < OFr ministrer < L ministrare] Archaic
1. to supply; provide
2. to administer
vi.
1. to serve as a minister in a church
2. to give help (to)
English World dictionary.
V. Neufeldt.
2014.
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Minister(in) — Minister(in) … Deutsch Wörterbuch
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minister to — ˈminister to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they minister to he/she/it ministers to present participle ministering to past tense ministered to … Useful english dictionary
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Minister — Min is*ter, v. i. 1. To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular. [1913 Webster] The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. Matt. xx. 28. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Minister — Minister: Die Bezeichnung für »oberster ‹Verwaltungs›beamter des Staates; Mitglied der Regierung« wurde im 17. Jh. aus gleichbed. frz. ministre (eigentlich »Diener«, dann etwa »Diener des Staates; mit einem politischen Amt Beauftragter«) entlehnt … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
minister — [n1] person in charge of church abbot, archbishop, archdeacon, bishop, chaplain, clergy, clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, confessor, curate, deacon, dean, diocesan, divine, ecclesiastic, lecturer, missionary, monk, parson, pastor, preacher … New thesaurus
