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minister

/ minister /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the job of a head of a government department
Type of:
public service
Kinds of:
cabinet minister
Domain:
United Kingdom UK Great Britain
noun Sense 2
a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
Type of:
diplomat diplomatist
noun Sense 3
a person appointed to a high office in the government
"Minister of Finance"
Type of:
executive executive director
Kinds of:
cabinet minister finance minister minister of finance foreign minister secretary of state
verb Sense 4
work as a minister
"She is ministering in an old parish"
Type of:
work
Derived:
curate parson pastor rector ministrant
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 5
attend to the wants and needs of others
"I have to minister to my mother all the time"
Type of:
attend take care look
Derived:
relief succor succour ministration
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something PP
noun Sense 6
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
Type of:
clergyman reverend man of the cloth
Kinds of:
ministrant
Semantic Complexity
67%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
28
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

public service cabinet minister diplomat diplomatist executive executive director finance minister minister of finance foreign minister secretary of state work attend