MINISTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does minister mean?
• MINISTER (noun)
The noun MINISTER has 4 senses:
1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
2. a person appointed to a high office in the government
3. a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
4. the job of a head of a government department
Familiarity information: MINISTER used as a noun is uncommon.
• MINISTER (verb)
The verb MINISTER has 2 senses:
1. attend to the wants and needs of others
2. work as a minister
Familiarity information: MINISTER used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MINISTER (noun)
Meaning:
A person authorized to conduct religious worship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
rector; pastor; parson; minister of religion; minister; curate
Context example:
clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
Hypernyms ("minister" is a kind of...):
clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minister"):
ministrant (someone who serves as a minister)
Meaning:
A person appointed to a high office in the government
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
government minister; minister
Context example:
Minister of Finance
Hypernyms ("minister" is a kind of...):
executive; executive director (a person responsible for the administration of a business)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minister"):
cabinet minister (a person 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)
Instance hyponyms:
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))
Meaning:
A diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
diplomatic minister; minister
Hypernyms ("minister" is a kind of...):
diplomat; diplomatist (an official engaged in international negotiations)
Meaning:
The job of a head of a government department
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("minister" is a kind of...):
public service (employment within a government system (especially in the civil service))
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "minister"):
cabinet minister (the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet)
• MINISTER (verb)
Meaning:
Attend to the wants and needs of others
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
I have to minister to my mother all the time
Hypernyms (to "minister" is one way to...):
attend; look; see; take care (take charge of or deal with)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s to somebody
Meaning:
Work as a minister
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
She is ministering in an old parish
Hypernyms (to "minister" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
