Minister - Definition
minister
n 1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship;
"clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant
churches" [syn: curate, minister of religion,
minister, parson, pastor, rector]
2: a person appointed to a high office in the government;
"Minister of Finance" [syn: minister, government
minister]
3: a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks
below ambassador [syn: minister, diplomatic minister]
4: the job of a head of a government department
v 1: attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to
minister to my mother all the time"
2: work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"