minister
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,526 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,013 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person authorized to conduct religious worship also: curate, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
- a person appointed to a high office in the government also: government minister Minister of Finance
- a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador also: diplomatic minister
- the job of a head of a government department
verb
- 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
minister in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The minister felt a strange lifting in his heart.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 02 · Charles M. (Charles Montgomery) Skinner · Chapter 1
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Lord H-RT-NGT-N will probably not become Prime Minister just yet.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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The family had produced some famous soldiers, a Lord Chancellor, and a Prime Minister.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Now the good old minister went into the hall where the two impostors sat working at the empty weaving-looms.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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The girl had been presented by the American minister, and had had a sort of success because she dressed and danced exquisitely.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1