Dictionary definition · minister
noun
- a person authorized to conduct religious worship"clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
- a person appointed to a high office in the government"Minister of Finance"
- a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
- the job of a head of a government department
verb
- attend to the wants and needs of others"I have to minister to my mother all the time"
- work as a minister"She is ministering in an old parish"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).