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NOUN | 1 | minister, curate, parson, pastor, rector | A person authorized to conduct religious worship |
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2 | minister, government minister | A person appointed to a high office in the government | |
3 | minister, diplomatic minister | A diplomat representing one government to another | |
4 | minister | The job of a head of a government department | |
VERB | 1 | minister | Attend to the wants and needs of others |
2 | minister | Work as a minister |
Sounds | mih'nahster; mih'nihster |
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Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 621 more rhymes in ter at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A person authorized to conduct religious worship. |
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Synonyms | curate, parson, pastor, rector |
Narrower | ministrant |
Broader | clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth |
Adjectives | ministerial |
Verbs | minister |
Meaning | A person appointed to a high office in the government. |
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Examples | "Minister of Finance" |
Synonyms | government minister |
Narrower | cabinet minister; finance minister, minister of finance; foreign minister, secretary of state; Haman; Yamani, Ahmed Zoki Yamani |
Broader | executive, executive director |
Meaning | A diplomat representing one government to another. Ranks below ambassador. |
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Synonyms | diplomatic minister |
Broader | diplomat, diplomatist |
Adjectives | ministerial |
Meaning | The job of a head of a government department. |
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Region | United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Narrower | cabinet minister |
Broader | public service |
Meaning | Attend to the wants and needs of others. |
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Pattern | Something ----s to somebody |
Examples | "I have to minister to my mother all the time" |
Broader | attend, take care, look, see |
Nouns | ministration |
Meaning | Work as a minister. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Examples | "She is ministering in an old parish" |
Broader | work |
Nouns | ministrant; minister |