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min·is·ter / ˈminəstər/ • n. 1. (also minister of religion) a member of the clergy, esp. in Protestant churches. ∎ (also minister general) the superior of some religious orders. 2. (in certain countries) a head of a government department: Britain's defense minister. ∎ a diplomatic agent, usually ranking below an ambassador, representing a state or sovereign in a foreign country. 3. archaic a person or thing used to achieve or convey something: the Angels are ministers of the Divine Will. • v. [intr.] 1. (minister to) attend to the needs of (someone): her doctor was busy ministering to the injured. ∎ [tr.] archaic provide (something necessary or helpful): the story was able to minister true consolation. 2. act as a minister of religion. ∎ [tr.] administer (a sacrament). DERIVATIVES: min·is·ter·ship / -ˌship/ n. |
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"minister." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "minister." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-minister.html "minister." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-minister.html |
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minister † servant, subordinate officer XIII; one engaged in the celebration of worship or charged with spiritual functions XIV; officer of state XVII. — (O)F. ministre — L. minister servant, f. *minis-, var. of minus less, adv. of minor MINOR, in formation parallel to the correl. magister MASTER.
So vb. (arch.) serve, supply, ADMINISTER. XIV. ministerial XVI. — F. ministériel or late L. ministeriālis. ministration XIV. — OF. or L. ministry rendering of service; function of a minister of religion XIV; body of ministers XVI (in politics XVIII). — L. ministerium. |
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T. F. HOAD. "minister." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "minister." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-minister.html T. F. HOAD. "minister." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-minister.html |
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minister One who serves either in a personal or a religious sense: as did Mark to Paul (Acts 13: 5) or priests at the altar of the Temple (Ezek. 45: 4). In so far as the State was an ordinance of God, its administrators could be his ministers, or servants (Rom. 13: 4). Paul himself was a minister when he established the collection for the poor Christians in Jerusalem (Rom. 15: 25). The model for NT ministers was Jesus himself (Mark 10: 45).
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W. R. F. BROWNING. "minister." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. W. R. F. BROWNING. "minister." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-minister.html W. R. F. BROWNING. "minister." A Dictionary of the Bible. 1997. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O94-minister.html |
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minister (Lat., ‘servant’). A person officially charged to perform spiritual functions in the Church. Among non-episcopal bodies it is used as a general designation for any clergyman. In the liturgical formularies of the C of E it usually means the conductor of a service, who may or may not be a priest.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "minister." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "minister." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-minister.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "minister." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-minister.html |
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minister in diplomacy: see diplomatic service ; extraterritoriality . |
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"minister." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "minister." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-minister1.html "minister." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-minister1.html |
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minister in government: see cabinet . |
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"minister." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "minister." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-minister2.html "minister." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-minister2.html |
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minister •bitter, committer, critter, embitter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pitta, quitter, remitter, sitter, skitter, slitter, spitter, splitter, submitter, titter, transmitter, twitter, witter
•drifter, grifter, lifter, shifter, sifter, snifter, uplifter
•constrictor, contradictor, depicter, dicta, evictor, inflicter, predictor, victor
•filter, kilter, philtre (US philter), quilter, tilter
•Jacinta, midwinter, Minter, Pinta, Pinter, printer, splinter, sprinter, tinter, winter
•sphincter
•assister, ballista, bistre (US bister), blister, enlister, glister, lister, mister, resistor, Sandinista, sister, transistor, tryster, twister, vista
•trickster
•minster, spinster
•hipster, quipster, tipster
•cohabiter • arbiter • presbyter
•exhibitor, inhibitor, prohibiter
•Manchester • Chichester • Silchester
•Rochester • Colchester
•creditor, editor, subeditor
•auditor • Perdita • taffeta • shopfitter
•forfeiter • outfitter • counterfeiter
•register • marketer
•cricketer, picketer
•Alistair • weightlifter • filleter
•fillister • shoplifter
•diameter, heptameter, hexameter, parameter, pentameter, tetrameter
•Axminster • Westminster
•limiter, perimeter, scimitar, velocimeter
•accelerometer, anemometer, barometer, gasometer, geometer, manometer, micrometer, milometer, olfactometer, optometer, pedometer, photometer, pyrometer, speedometer, swingometer, tachometer, thermometer
•Kidderminster • janitor
•banister, canister
•primogenitor, progenitor, senator
•administer, maladminister, minister, sinister
•monitor • per capita • carpenter
•spanakopita • Jupiter • trumpeter
•character • barrister • ferreter
•teleprinter
•chorister, forester
•interpreter, misinterpreter
•capacitor • ancestor • Exeter
•stepsister
•elicitor, solicitor
•babysitter • house-sitter • bullshitter
•competitor • catheter • harvester
•riveter • banqueter • non sequitur
•loquitur
•inquisitor, visitor
•compositor, expositor
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"minister." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "minister." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-minister.html "minister." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-minister.html |
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