meaning of ministers
1. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
2. An officer of justice.
3. One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
4. A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
5. 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.
6. To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
7. To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
8. To supply or to things needful; esp. , to supply consolation or remedies.
9. the job of a head of a government department
Related Words
minister | minister of finance | minister plenipotentiary | ministered | ministerial | ministerialist | ministerially | ministering | ministery |
