minister

minister
n
1. clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastic; pastor, shepherd, parson, Dial. dominie, man of the cloth, servant of God, reverend; father, padre, priest; liturgist, Obs., Rare. liturge; preacher, evangelist, missionary, revivalist, Usu. Disparaging. pulpiteer; rector, vicar, dean, Brit. incumbent; curate, curé, abbé, chaplain, U.S. Mil. Sl. sky pilot, U.S. Mil. Sl.Holy Joe; divine, canonist, exegete, hierophant.
2. department chief, department head, superintendent; cabinet member, secretary, commissioner, chancellor, provost; official, dignitary; premier, prime minister.
3. ambassador, diplomat, plenipotentiary, Brit. diplomatist; emissary, envoy, consul, agent, legate, representative, delegate; charge" d'affaires.
4. servant, underling, subordinate, lieutenant, surrogate, proxy, deputy, agent, substitute, Brit. locum ten-ens.
v
5.(of religious functions) officiate, execute, perform, carry out; preside, direct, administer, lead; serve, do duty.
6.Usu. minister to
serve, care for, attend to, wait on pander to; accommodate, oblige, befriend, favor; help, aid, assist, abet, succor, relieve, comfort, console, give solace; doctor, nurse, heal, curé, remedy.
7.Usu. minister to
give to, contribute to, supply, furnish, favor with; lavish, indulge, shower upon, dote upon; offer, present, dole out.

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