minister

IPA: mˈɪnʌstɝ

(religion) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
(government) A politician who heads a ministry
In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

(transitive) To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
(intransitive) To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
(transitive, archaic) To afford, to give, to supply.

Examples of "minister" in Sentences

LEAD: Kan to name Noda as finance minister, Renho as consumer minister+
2ND LD: Kan to name Noda as finance minister, Renho as consumer minister+
REFILING: LEAD: Kan to name Noda as finance minister, Renho as consumer minister+
Granet, _the gentleman who will become a minister_; well, Prangins is the gentleman who would be a minister, but who never will be!
The author and the minister did their parts in the ordinary pursuit of their vocations; but the _author_ did his part impersonally and indirectly, whilst the _minister_ did his part personally and face to face.
But even as the prime minister was promoting his team as the best one to haul Britain out of recession yesterday, Caroline Flint, the Europe minister, reversed her decision to stay loyal and announced she was standing down.