n. 25B6; noun
a government minister : MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT, cabinet minister, secretary of state, undersecretary.
a minister of religion : CLERGYMAN, clergywoman, cleric, ecclesiastic, pastor, vicar, rector, priest, parson, father, man/woman of the cloth, man/woman of God, churchman, churchwoman; curate, chaplain; informal reverend, padre, Holy Joe, sky pilot; Austral. informal josser. See list at priest .
the British minister in Egypt : AMBASSADOR, chargé d'affaires, plenipotentiary, envoy, emissary, diplomat, consul, representative; archaic legate.
25B6; verb doctors were ministering to the injured : TEND, care for, take care of, look after, nurse, treat, attend to, see to, administer to, help, assist.