Definition of minister
- n. - A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of
inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
- n. - An officer of justice.
- n. - One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a
government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some
department of such affairs.
- n. - A representative of a government, sent to the court, or
seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic
business.
- n. - One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal
duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach
the gospel and administer the sacraments.
- n. - To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
- v. i. - To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend
and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
- v. i. - To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply
consolation or remedies.