minister

Definitions

1. 1.I chose Camillo for the minister, to poison My friend Polixenes. Shak.
2. 2.An officer of justice. [Obs.] I cry out the on the ministres, quod he, That shoulde keep and rule this cité. Chaucer.
3. 3.One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs. Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man. Bacon.
4. 4.A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business. Note: Ambassadors are classed (in the diplomatic sense) in the first rank of public ministers, ministers plenipotentiary in the second. "The United States diplomatic service employs two classes of ministers, -- ministers plenipotentiary and ministers resident." Abbott.
5. 5.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. Addison.
6. 6.To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer. He that ministereth seed to the sower. 2 Cor. ix.
7. 7.We minister to God reason to suspect us. Jer. Taylor.
8. 8.To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular. The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. Matt. xx.
9. 9.2. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies. Matt. xxv.
10. 10.Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is i chose Camillo for the minister, to poison My friend Polixenes. Shak called?
• What is an officer of justice. [Obs.] I cry out the on the ministres, quod he, That shoulde keep and rule this cité. Chaucer called?
• What is 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. Addison called?
• What is to furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer. He that ministereth seed to the sower. 2 Cor. ix called?
• What is we minister to God reason to suspect us. Jer. Taylor called?
• What is to act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular. The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. Matt. xx called?
• What is 2. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies. Matt. xxv called?
• What is canst thou not minister to a mind diseased Shak called?