Definition of minister

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

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Flock :: Flock (n.) A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge..
Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church..
Drencher :: Drencher (n.) One who administers a drench.
Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To tender, as an oath..
Govern :: Govern (v. i.) To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control.
Mistura :: Mistura (n.) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops..
Administrable :: Administrable (a.) Capable of being administered; as, an administrable law..
Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The act of ministering; ministration; service.
Versicle :: Versicle (n.) A little verse; especially, a short verse or text said or sung in public worship by the priest or minister, and followed by a response from the people..
Justicer :: Justicer (n.) One who administers justice; a judge.
Association :: Association (n.) Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches..
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..
Interpellate :: Interpellate (v. t.) To question imperatively, as a minister, or other executive officer, in explanation of his conduct; -- generally on the part of a legislative body..
Diplomacy :: Diplomacy (n.) The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the diplomatic body.
Major-domo :: Major-domo (n.) A man who has authority to act, within certain limits, as master of the house; a steward; also, a chief minister or officer..
Minister :: Minister (n.) One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs..
Ministrant :: Ministrant (a.) Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate.
Justice :: Justice (v. t.) To administer justice to.
Valkyria :: Valkyria (n.) One of the maidens of Odin, represented as awful and beautiful, who presided over battle and marked out those who were to be slain, and who also ministered at the feasts of heroes in Valhalla..
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