"ministers" 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
"ministers" 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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