minister
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noun- 1.
(Protestantism) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.
- 2.
(Roman Catholicism) A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
- 3.
(government) A politician who heads a ministry
He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.
Đồng nghĩa: minister, government minister
- 4.
In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
- 5.
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)(intransitive, used with "to") To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
- 2.
(intransitive)To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
- 3.
(archaic, transitive)To afford, to give, to supply.
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ine-pro From Middle English ministre, from Old French ministre, from Latin minister, from minor (less) + -ter; see minor. Minorite.