noun an officer of justice.
2. minister ·vi to supply or to things needful; ·esp., to supply consolation or remedies.
3. minister ·vi to act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
4. minister ·noun a servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
5. minister ·noun to furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
6. minister ·noun a representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
7. minister ·noun one to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
8. minister ·noun one who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.