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minister

('m/I/n/I/st/@/r )

a person authorized to conduct religious worship(noun.person)

Example:
Clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches.

Synonym:
curate, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector

source: wordnet30
a person appointed to a high office in the government(noun.person)

Example:
Minister of Finance.

Synonym:
government minister

source: wordnet30
a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador(noun.person)

Synonym:
diplomatic minister

source: wordnet30
the job of a head of a government department(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.(noun)

source: webster1913

attend to the wants and needs of others(verb.social)

Example:
I have to minister to my mother all the time.

source: wordnet30
work as a minister(verb.social)

Example:
She is ministering in an old parish.

source: wordnet30
To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.(verb)

source: webster1913
To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.(verb)

source: webster1913

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