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UK
/mˈɪnɪstɐ/
]
[ US /ˈmɪnəstɝ, ˈmɪnɪstɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪnəstɝ, ˈmɪnɪstɝ/ ]
NOUN
- the job of a head of a government department
- a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
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a person appointed to a high office in the government
Minister of Finance -
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
VERB
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attend to the wants and needs of others
I have to minister to my mother all the time -
work as a minister
She is ministering in an old parish
How To Use minister In A Sentence
- The job of ministers is to abolish and remove these obstacles to good teaching. Times, Sunday Times
- The timing of the minister's visit, however, could somewhat detract from the goodwill it's supposed to generate.
- Her majesty awarded a distinction upon 〔 to 〕 the retiring Prime Minister.
- Six years later, one of the federal agencies that administers the program calls it a flop.
- Ministers are attempting to come up with a compromise to avoid defeat on Wednesday. Times, Sunday Times
- I intend to take it, subject of course to your approval and, as the prime minister designate, with your permission. TANK OF SERPENTS
- Minister for Defence Robert Hill talks with an Australian Army captain and warrant officer at a Middle East base.
- When the matador realises the bull is weak and unable to charge much longer he will reach for his killing sword and seek to manoeuvre it directly in front of him with its head down, so that he can administer the death stroke.
- Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first woman prime minister in 1979.
- Ministers have spent nearly 500million stockpiling the antiviral drug in case of a deadly epidemic but there are doubts it is effective. The Sun