Definitions for minister

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minister min·is·ter

Spelling: [min-uh-ster]

IPA: /ˈmɪn ə stər/

Minister is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in minister (eiimnrst).

Definitions for minister

noun

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
2. a person authorized to administer sacraments, as at Mass.
3. a person appointed by or under the authority of a sovereign or head of a government to some high office of state, especially to that of head of an administrative department:
4. a diplomatic representative accredited by one government to another and ranking next below an ambassador. Compare envoy1 (def 1).
5. a person acting as the agent or instrument of another.

verb (used with object)

1. to administer or apply:
2. Archaic. to furnish; supply.

verb (used without object)

1. to perform the functions of a religious minister.
2. to give service, care, or aid; attend, as to wants or necessities.:
3. to contribute, as to comfort or happiness.

Origin of minister

1250-1300; (noun) Middle English ministre, minister (Old French ministre) Latin minister servant, equivalent to minis- (variant of minus a lesser amount; akin to minor m

Examples for minister

"Not till I heard the minister's kind voice," was the reply.

By whom, let us ask, had this minister been brought into power?

Even those Christians who do want to minister amid the rancor of race and policing are missing the mark.

One of its top officials is the current minister of the interior in Baghad.

"You have wandered long in the wilderness," continued the minister.

There are twenty men who will be eager to comply with the wishes of their minister.

The narrator is suggesting that they build a snowman that looks like a minister.

According to my promise, I saw the minister on the following day.

One of them was Tamás Deutsch, a future minister for FIDESZ in the Hungarian government, today an MEP.

As minister of Trade, he oversees TEPCO, which is attempting to put its profitable nuclear reactors back on-line.