Noun
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the job of a head of a government department
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a diplomat representing one government to another
ranks below ambassador
- diplomatic minister -
a person appointed to a high office in the government
"Minister of Finance"
- government minister -
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
"clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
- minister of religion
Verb
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work as a minister
"She is ministering in an old parish"
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attend to the wants and needs of others
"I have to minister to my mother all the time"