| Noun | 1. | minister - a person authorized to conduct religious worship | |
| 2. | minister - a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance"Haman - (Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them Ahmed Zoki Yamani, Yamani - Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum who was a central figure in the creation of OPEC (born in 1930) | |
| 3. | minister - a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador | |
| 4. | minister - the job of a head of a government departmentpublic service - employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) | |
| Verb | 1. | minister - attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time"attend, take care, look, see - take charge of or deal with; "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business" | |
| 2. | minister - work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" | |