Definition of minister

"minister" in the noun sense

1. curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

"clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

2. minister, government minister

a person appointed to a high office in the government

"Minister of Finance"

3. minister, diplomatic minister

a diplomat representing one government to another ranks below ambassador

4. minister

the job of a head of a government department

"minister" in the verb sense

1. minister

attend to the wants and needs of others

"I have to minister to my mother all the time"

2. minister

work as a minister

"She is ministering in an old parish"

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Quotations for minister

Talent should minister to genius. [ Robert Browning ]

Rare benevolence, the minister of God. [ Carlyle ]

Conscience is justice's best minister. [ Lady Montagu ]

Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd,
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
Raze out the written troubles of the brain?
And with some sweet oblivious antidote,
Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart? [ William Shakespeare, Macbeth ]

Riches are coveted to minister to our pleasures.

Hard is the factor's rule; no better is the minister's. [ Gaelic Proverb ]

He is a minister who doth not behave with insolence and pride. [ Hitopadesa ]

If you desire to see by my light, you must minister oil to my lamp. [ Proverb ]

Time, the prime minister of death! there's nought can bribe his honest will. [ Marvell ]

The fate of a nation has often depended on the good or bad digestion of a prime minister. [ Voltaire ]

They who minister to their neighbors exercise one of the normal human functions, and enter thereby into the joy of a larger life. [ George Hodges ]

Obey thy genius, for a minister it is unto the throne of fate. Draw to thy soul, and centralize the rays which are ground of the Divinity. [ Bailey ]

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others. [ Benjamin Disraeli ]

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a thing, his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic pressure of excessive business. I should not like to be merely a great doctor, a great lawyer, a great minister, a great politician - I should like to be also something of a man. [ Theodore Parker ]

It is the saying of an old divine, Two things in ray apparel I will chiefly aim at - commodiousness and decency; more than these is not commendable, yet I hate an effeminate spruceness as much as a fantastic disorder. A neglected comeliness is the best ornament. It is said of the celebrated Mr. Whitfield that he always was very clean and neat, and often said pleasantly that a minister of the gospel ought to be without a spot. [ J. Beaumont ]

minister in Scrabble®

The word minister is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters minister:

MINISTER
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MINISTER
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

interim, minters, mintier, mistier, remints, termini

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word minister

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In minister

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minister in Words With Friends™

The word minister is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters minister:

MINTIER
(104 = 69 + 35)
TERMINI
(104 = 69 + 35)
MINTERS
(104 = 69 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (6 words)

interim, minters, mintier, mistier, remints, termini

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word minister

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In minister

MINTIER
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MINTERS
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Word Growth involving minister

Shorter words in minister

is minis

in mini minis

mi mini minis

Longer words containing minister

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