minister.
A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
Meaning & usage
A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.
A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
A politician who heads a ministry
He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.
In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ministre, from Old French ministre, from Latin minister (“an attendant, servant, assistant, a priest's assistant or other under official”), from minor (“less”) + -ter; see minor. Doublet of Minorite.
To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
To afford, to give, to supply.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English mynystren, from Middle French ministrer, from Old French menistrer, ministrer and Latin ministrō, from minister.
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