minister
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
minister/ˈmɪnɪstə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 (in certain countries) a head of a government department: the Defence Minister.
- 2 a member of the clergy, especially in the Presbyterian and Nonconformist Churches.
■ (also minister general) the superior of some religious orders.
- 3 a diplomatic agent, usually ranking below an ambassador, representing a state or sovereign in a foreign country.
- 1 (minister to) attend to the needs of.
- 2 act as a minister of religion.
■ administer (a sacrament).
– derivatives
ministership noun.
ministership noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. ministre (n.), ministrer (v.), from L. minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’.
'minister' also found in these Oxford entries:
barrister
- Belisha beacon
- bobby
- budget
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- clergyman
- complicit
- curate
- cure
- deacon
- designate
- diwan
- duty
- envoy
- first minister
- flock
- Foreign Secretary
- interior
- interpellate
- itinerate
- Kirk session
- Lord President of the Council
- Lord Privy Seal
- manse
- ministerial
- Minister of State
- Minister of the Crown
- Minister without Portfolio
- ministration
- ministry
- minstrel
- moderator
- officiant
- order
- ordinand
- parliamentary private secretary
- pastor
- paymaster
- peeler
- PM
- portfolio
- predikant
- premier
- premiership
- presbyter
- present
- priest
- priest-in-charge
