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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Minister \Min"is*ter\, n. [OE. ministre, F. ministre, fr. L. minister, orig. a double comparative from the root of minor less, and hence meaning, an inferior, a servant. See 1st {Minor}, and cf. {Master}, {Minstrel}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument. [1913 Webster] Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua. --Ex. xxiv. 13. [1913 Webster] I chose Camillo for the minister, to poison My friend Polixenes. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An officer of justice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I cry out the on the ministres, quod he, That shoulde keep and rule this cit['e]. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 3. One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs. [1913 Webster] Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business. [1913 Webster] Note: Ambassadors are classed (in the diplomatic sense) in the first rank of public ministers, ministers plenipotentiary in the second. "The United States diplomatic service employs two classes of ministers, -- ministers plenipotentiary and ministers resident." --Abbott. [1913 Webster] 5. 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. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Syn: Delegate; official; ambassador; clergyman; parson; priest. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Minister \Min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ministered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ministering}.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr. L. ministrare. See {Minister}, n.] To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer. [1913 Webster] He that ministereth seed to the sower. --2 Cor. ix. 10. [1913 Webster] We minister to God reason to suspect us. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies; as, to minister to the sick. --Matt. xxv. 44. [1913 Webster] Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased? --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: minister n 1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" [syn: {curate}, {minister of religion}, {minister}, {parson}, {pastor}, {rector}] 2: a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance" [syn: {minister}, {government minister}] 3: a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador [syn: {minister}, {diplomatic minister}] 4: the job of a head of a government department v 1: attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time" 2: work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish" From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-lat-eng]: minister 1. aid; assistant; helper 2. aid; assistent; helper 3. boy; servant From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Minister /miːnistr/ minister From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: minister minister From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: minister /ministər/ minister From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: minister minister