minister

Noun

• the job of a head of a government department

• a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador

• a person appointed to a high office in the government
  • Minister of Finance
    

• a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  • clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
    

Verb

• work as a minister
  • She is ministering in an old parish
    

• attend to the wants and needs of others
  • I have to minister to my mother all the time
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  diplomatic minister , government minister , curate , minister of religion , parson , pastor , rector