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Min"is*ter (?), n. [OE. ministre, F. ministre, fr. L. minister, orig. a double comparative from the root of minor less, and hence meaning, an inferior, a servant. See 1st Minor, and cf. Master, Minstrel.]
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1. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
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Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua. Ex. xxiv. 13.
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I chose
Camillo for the minister, to poison
My friend Polixenes. Shak.
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2. An officer of justice. [Obs.]
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I cry out the on the ministres, quod he,
That shoulde keep and rule this cité. Chaucer.
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3. One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
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Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man. Bacon.
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4. A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
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&hand_; Ambassadors are classed (in the diplomatic sense) in the first rank of public ministers, ministers plenipotentiary in the second. “The United States diplomatic service employs two classes of ministers, -- ministers plenipotentiary and ministers resident.” Abbott.
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5. 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. Addison.
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Syn. -- Delegate; official; ambassador; clergyman; parson; priest.
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Min"is*ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ministered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ministering.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr. L. ministrare. See Minister, n.] To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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He that ministereth seed to the sower. 2 Cor. ix. 10.
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We minister to God reason to suspect us. Jer. Taylor.
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Min"is*ter, v. i. 1. 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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The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. Matt. xx. 28.
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2. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies; as, to minister to the sick. Matt. xxv. 44.
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Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased? Shak.
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