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minister

noun
  1. the job of a head of a government department
  2. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
    “clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches”
    curateminister of religionparsonpastorrector
  3. a diplomat representing one government to another
    diplomatic minister
  4. a person appointed to a high office in the government
    government minister
verb
  1. work as a minister
    “They are ministering in an old parish.”
  2. attend to the wants and needs of others
    “I have to minister to my mother all the time”