minister

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from + ; see minor. .

Noun

 * 1)   A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
 * 2)   A politician who heads a ministry
 * 3)  In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
 * 4)  A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
 * 1)  In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
 * 2)  A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
 * 1)  In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
 * 2)  A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
 * 1)  In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
 * 2)  A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

Usage notes
Not to be confused with.

Etymology 2
, from, from , and , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
 * 2)  To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
 * 3)  To afford, to give, to supply.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * German: sich ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
Borrowed from. Used in political contexts since the 16th century.

Etymology 2
From. Used in this sense since at least 1269.

Noun

 * 1)  A servant of a monastery, or assistant of a priest.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) minister
 * 2) ministry

Etymology
From. Equivalent to + comparative suffix. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) attendant, servant, slave, waiter
 * 2) agent, aide
 * 3) accomplice

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  high-ranking official in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
 * 2)  Protestant evangelist, Protestant preacher
 * 3)  abbot, prior
 * 4)  head of a Franciscan cloister
 * 5)  official
 * 6)  priest of pagan cults
 * 7)  heretical priest; supporter of heresy
 * 8)  Catholic preacher
 * 9)  steward
 * 1)  head of a Franciscan cloister
 * 2)  official
 * 3)  priest of pagan cults
 * 4)  heretical priest; supporter of heresy
 * 5)  Catholic preacher
 * 6)  steward
 * 1)  steward

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) ministry

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) a  (in the foreign affairs administration)
 * 1) a  (in the foreign affairs administration)

Etymology
Borrowed from.