1. (

• curate ,
• minister_of_religion ,
• minister ,
• parson ,
• pastor ,
• rector

) a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" ;

2. (

• minister ,
• government_minister

) a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance" ;

3. (

• minister ,
• diplomatic_minister

) a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador ;

4. (

• minister

) the job of a head of a government department ;

1. (

• minister ,

) attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time" ;

2. (

• minister

) work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish" ;