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Noun minister has 4 senses

curate, minister, parson, pastor, rector - a person authorized to conduct religious worship
--₁ is a kind of clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
--₁ has particulars: ministrant
Derived form: verb minister₂
minister, government minister - a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance"
--₂ is a kind of executive, executive director
--₂ has particulars:
cabinet minister; finance minister, minister of finance; foreign minister, secretary of state; Haman; Yamani, Ahmed Zoki Yamani
minister, diplomatic minister - a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
--₃ is a kind of diplomat, diplomatist
minister - the job of a head of a government department
--₄ is a kind of public service
--₄ has particulars: cabinet minister

Verb minister has 2 senses

minister - attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time"
--₁ is one way to attend, take care, look, see

Derived form: noun ministration₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s to somebody
minister - work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"
--₂ is one way to work

Derived forms: noun minister₁, noun ministrant₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s