minister
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< Middle English ministre < Old French ministre < Latin minister (“‘an attendant, servant, assistant, a priest's assistant or other under official’”) < minor (“‘less’”) + -ter; see minor.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /'mɪnɨstɚ/ or IPA: /'mɪnɪstə/
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[edit] Noun
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minister (plural ministers)
- A person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church.
- The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.
- A person who is commissioned by the government for public service.
- He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.
- Someone who serves others.
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[edit] Translations
person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church
person who is commissioned by the government for public service
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someone who serves others
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[edit] Verb
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to minister (third-person singular simple present ministers, present participle ministering, simple past and past participle ministered)
- (transitive) To attend to; to tend.
- A newspaper headline: Couple leaves business world to minister to inner-city children
[edit] See also
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- minister in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- minister in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Noun
minister
- A minister, a person who is commissioned by the government for public service.
