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Meaning of minister

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  minister
      n 1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship;
           "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant
           churches" [syn: {curate}, {minister of religion},
           {minister}, {parson}, {pastor}, {rector}]
      2: a person appointed to a high office in the government;
         "Minister of Finance" [syn: {minister}, {government
         minister}]
      3: a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks
         below ambassador [syn: {minister}, {diplomatic minister}]
      4: the job of a head of a government department
      v 1: attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to
           minister to my mother all the time"
      2: work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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