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.