Definition of minister Minister

/mɪˈnʌstɚ/ - [minuster] - min•is•ter

We found 23 definitions of minister from 8 different sources.

What does minister mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: ministers
minister - a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance"
		government minister
		executive director, executive persons who administer the law
		cabinet minister the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet
		finance minister, minister of finance the minister responsible for state finances
		foreign minister, secretary of state a government minister for foreign relations
minister - the job of a head of a government department
		public service employment within a government system (especially in the civil service)
		britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
minister - a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
		diplomatic minister
		diplomatist, diplomat an official engaged in international negotiations
minister - a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
		curate, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector
		clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
Verb ministers, ministering, ministered
minister - work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"
		work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
minister - attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time"
		take care, attend, look, see be in charge of or deal with; "She takes care of all the necessary arrangements"

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Wiktionary

minister (Noun)
A person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church.
minister (Noun)
A politician who heads a ministry national or regional government department for public service .
minister (Noun)
At a diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
minister (Noun)
Someone who serves others.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

minister (n.)
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
minister (n.)
An officer of justice.
minister (n.)
One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
minister (n.)
A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
minister (n.)
One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.
minister (n.)
To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
minister (v. i.)
To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
minister (v. i.)
To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

minister
A person appointed to a high office in the government.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

minister
A minister, though termed plenipotentiary, has no power to grant protection to vessels or cargoes otherwise subject to the operations and laws of hostilities.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

minister
Is one who acts not by any inherent authority of his own, but under another. Thus, in England all ministers act under a supreme authority, which is vested in the sovereign, lords, and commons, to whom they are responsible. In military matters, there is not only a war minister, but a secretary at war, who likewise acts conjointly with the secretary of state. All dispatches and papers of consequence relating to the army must first pass through the secretary of state, and the war minister, before they are laid before Parliament, or otherwise acted upon by the secretary at war. The common arrangements of corps, directions with respect to marching, are transmitted to the secretary at war, and to the quartermaster-general’s office, without previously passing through the secretary of state, or war minister. See SECRETARY OF WAR.

Wikipedia

A Minister can be a Member of Parliament, or a Clergyman (person who works as a Priest in the Church). This article refers to (talks about) a Minister as a Member of Parliament.

A Minister is a Member of Parliament who has a special role dealing with a certain area of Government. In the British Government, there are Ministers for lots of different things, like Children, Work & Pensions and Culture, Media & Sport. There are descriptions (things that describe) of what these people do at the bottom of this page.

Ministers in the government report to the Prime Minister, who also tells them what they need to do in relation to their jobs. The Deputy Prime Minister also reports to the Prime Minister.

Other Ministers, even though they are not called Ministers, include the Foreign Secretary, and the Home Secretary.

What describes these jobs?

The Minister for Children looks after children's rights - these are laws which take care of how children are treated by their parents or guardians (a guardian is someone who looks after a child when their parents are not able to), and their care in society. The job means that this Minister has a special role in the lives of all children in the UK.

This Minister looks after jobs (Employment) and money given to people who are in need (Welfare Benefits). They set the rules saying what people who have no job must do to try and get one, and how much money people who have no job or are in need, get to live on. The Minister also sets rules about what hap