a person authorized to conduct religious worship; clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches

[ Syn: curate , minister of religion , parson , pastor , rector ]

a person appointed to a high office in the government; Minister of Finance

[ Syn: government minister ]

a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador

[ Syn: diplomatic minister ]

the job of a head of a government department

attend to the wants and needs of others; I have to minister to my mother all the time'

work as a minister; She is ministering in an old parish'