transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪnɪstə(r) ]
( ministers, ministering, ministered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
In Britain and some other countries, a minister is a person who is in charge of a particular government department.
When the government had come to power, he had been named minister of culture...
The new Defence Minister is Senator Robert Ray.
N-COUNT : oft N of n , n N
2.
A minister is a person who officially represents their government in a foreign country and has a lower rank than an ambassador.
He concluded a deal with the Danish minister in Washington.
N-COUNT : usu supp N
3.
A minister is a member of the clergy, especially in Protestant churches.
His father was a Baptist minister.
N-COUNT
4.
If you minister to people or to their needs, you serve them or help them, for example by making sure that they have everything they need or want. ( FORMAL )
For 44 years he had ministered to the poor, the sick, the neglected and the deprived.
VERB : V to n