Minister - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
- the job of a head of a government department
verb
Extra examples
...the British ministers at the international peace conference...
...our minister gives an interesting sermon every week...
The patient nurse ministered to the dying woman.
Rev Wilson spent 20 years ministering in some of New York's poorest areas.
I have to minister to my mother all the time
She is ministering in an old parish
They've appointed a new minister to replace the one who just retired.
The leader of the Opposition criticized the prime minister for his comments.
The minister has married more than 100 couples.
Both of them have ambitions to succeed the prime minister.
...a minister choosing just the right words to assure the grieving parents of the fallen soldier...
The minister said, “Let us pray.”
In some countries, the role of president corresponds to that of prime minister.
Police uncovered a plot to assassinate the prime minister.
The prime minister was the target of an assassination plot.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: minister
he/she/it: ministers
present participle: ministering
past tense: ministered
past participle: ministered
singular: minister
plural: ministers
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