1. A person appointed to a high office in the government
   "Minister of Finance"; "The government minister introduced new legislation to parliament";
   - government minister
    
2. [Brit] The job of a head of a government department
   "As minister of finance, he was responsible for the country's economic policies"
    
3. A person authorized to conduct religious worship
   "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches";
   - curate, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector
    
4. A diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
   "The diplomatic minister negotiated trade agreements between the two countries";
   - diplomatic minister

1. Attend to the wants and needs of others
   "I have to minister to my mother all the time"
    
2. Work as a minister
   "She is ministering in an old parish"

Derived forms: ministers, ministered, ministering

Type of: attend, diplomat, diplomatist, exec [informal], executive, executive director, look, public service, reverend, see, take care, work

Encyclopedia: Minister