Dictionary Definition
minister
Noun
2 a person appointed to a high office in the
government; "Minister of Finance" [syn: government
minister]
3 a diplomat representing one government to
another; ranks below ambassador [syn: diplomatic
minister]
4 the job of a head of a government
department
Verb
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"
User Contributed Dictionary
see Minister
English
Pronunciation
- /'mɪnɪstə/ or /'mɪnɪstɜɻ/
Noun
- A person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a
Protestant
church.
- The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.
- A person who is commissioned by the government for public
service.
- He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.
- Someone who serves others.
Derived terms
Translations
a person who is trained to perform religious
ceremonies at a Protestant church
a person who is commissioned by the government
for public service
- Arabic: (wazīr)
- Dutch: minister
- Finnish: ministeri
- French: ministre
- German: Minister , Ministerin
- Greek: υπουργός (ypourgós)
- Hebrew: שר (sar) , שרה (sara)
- Indonesian: menteri
- Japanese: 大臣 (だいじん, daijin)
- Kurdish: wezîr / , şalyar /
- Malayalam: മന്ത്രി (manthri)
- Old English: þegen
- Portuguese: ministro
- Russian: министр
- Swedish: minister
- Turkish: bakan
someone who serves others
- Dutch: dienaar
- Russian: исполнитель
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Interlingua: ministro
Verb
Dutch
Pronunciation
- /mi'nistər/
Noun
minister- A minister, a person who is commissioned by the government for public service.
Extensive Definition
Minister can mean several things:
- Minister (Christianity), a Christian who ministers in some way.
- Minister (diplomacy), the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
- Minister (government), a politician who heads a government ministry.
- Shadow Minister, a member of an opposition party, who routinely comments on the actions of the sitting minister.
See also
minister in Catalan: Ministre
(desambiguació)
minister in Danish: Minister
minister in German: Minister
minister in Galician: Ministro
minister in Dutch: Minister
minister in Japanese: 大臣
minister in Norwegian: Minister
minister in Polish: Minister
minister in Swedish: Minister
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
DD, Doctor
of Divinity, Holy Joe, abbe, accommodate, administer the
Eucharist, agent, aid, alderman, ambassador, ambassadress, anoint, apostolic delegate,
archon, assist, attache, bailie, burghermaster, burgomaster, cabinet member,
cabinet minister, care for, career diplomat, chancellor, chaplain, charge, chrism, churchman, city councilman,
city father, city manager, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, commercial attache,
commissar, commissary, commissionaire, commissioner, confirm, consul, consul general, consular
agent, councillor,
councilman, councilwoman, county
commissioner, county supervisor, curate, cure, dean, delegate, diplomat, diplomatic, diplomatic agent,
diplomatist,
divine, do duty, ecclesiastic, elder, emissary, envoy, envoy extraordinary,
evangelist, father, foreign service officer,
headman, help, herald, impose, induna, internuncio, lay hands on,
legate, legislator, look after, lord
mayor, magistrate,
maire, man of God,
mayor, messenger, military attache,
military chaplain, minister of state, minister plenipotentiary,
minister resident, minister to, missionary, nuncio, officiate, padre, parson, pastor, perform a rite, perform
service, plenipotentiary,
portreeve, preacher, priest, rector, reeve, resident, reverend, secretary, secretary of
legation, secretary of state, see to, selectman, servant of God,
serve, shepherd, sky pilot, supervisor, supply, supply clergy, supply
minister, support,
syndic, the Reverend, the
very Reverend, tonsured cleric, undersecretary, vicar, vice-consul, vice-legate,
wait on, warden