minister
Care for others
A minister is a member of the clergy, especially in Protestant churches: The minister led the congregation in prayer.
In government, a minister heads a department or ministry: the Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance.
To minister is to attend to someone's needs, especially in a caring or spiritual capacity: She ministered to the sick.
The word carries a sense of service—ministers serve their congregations, their governments, or those requiring aid.
One who performs sacraments
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- reverendWorthy of veneration
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- parsonProtestant parish minister
chaplain · rector · curate · preacher · cleric · deacon · bishop · canon
Christian congregation leader
- shepherdOne who tends flocks
- counselExpert guidance offered
- guideLeader or instruction book
- preachDeliver religious discourse
sermon · pray · bless · anoint · baptize · marry · bury · sacrament
Enclosed storage furniture
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
chancellor · official · bureaucrat · appointee · statesman · politician · senator · congressman
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- plenipotentiaryDiplomat with full authority
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
consul · attaché · negotiator · treaty · summit · embassy · consulate · foreign affairs
priest
One who performs sacraments
parson · chaplain · rector · curate · preacher · cleric · deacon · bishop · canon · monsignor
pastor
Christian congregation leader
preach · sermon · pray · bless · anoint · baptize · marry · bury · sacrament · confession
cabinet
Enclosed storage furniture
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- secretaryAdministrative office aide
deputy · chancellor · official · bureaucrat · appointee · statesman · politician · senator · congressman · lawmaker
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- plenipotentiaryDiplomat with full authority
- delegateEntrust authority to another
emissary · consul · attaché · negotiator · treaty · summit · embassy · consulate · foreign affairs · bilateral
attend
Be present at
serve · assist · comfort · support · aid · help · succor · provide · cater · look after
- ministerspremier, foreign secretary, cabinet secretary, secretary of state
- church leaderspastor, rector, vicar, parson, preacher
- church rolesbishop, deacons, priest, pastor, lay readers
- clergypriest, bishop, pope, nun, monk
- officiantsofficiant, wedding officiant, justice of the peace, wedding celebrant, celebrant
- preachersevangelist, preacher, revivalist, parson, homilist
ministerlayperson
Non-specialist or unordained person
layman · laywoman · parishioner · congregant · laity
ministerprime minister
Leader of a parliamentary state
president · head of state · premier · monarch · sovereign
- prime ministerLeader of a parliamentary state
- foreign ministerHead of diplomacy
- cabinet ministerHead of government department
- defense ministerGovernment's military head
- youth ministryChurch program for teenagers
- foreign ministryDiplomatic relations government branch
ministry, administration, administrator, administer, ministers, administrative, ministerial, ministering, administering