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Definition of Minister
Minister

A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

An officer of justice.

One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.

A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.

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.

To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.

To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.

To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.

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Minister Quotations

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
George Bernard Shaw

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister.
Jeffrey Archer

No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.
Robert Peel

I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.
Emma Bonino

Minister Translations

minister in Afrikaans is minister
minister in Dutch is minister, bewindsman
minister in German is minister, Gesandter
minister in Italian is parroco, ministro
minister in Portuguese is ministro


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