minister

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A senior politician in charge of a government department.

   The finance minister announced new taxes today.

2. 2
   noun

   A religious leader, especially in a Protestant church.

   The minister said a prayer for the whole congregation.

3. 3
   verb

   To care for and help people in need.

   She spent years ministering to the sick and the poor.

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.

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