minister
279
2.6
- noun
- /ˈmɪnɪstər/
:
pastor
- Is it the local congregation served by its minister of word and sacrament?
- church minister
- an ordained minister
- preaching minister
My grandmother was the daughter of a Baptist minister, my my Bam Bam's wife.
- My grandmother was the daughter of a Baptist minister, my my Bam Bam's wife.
- He was the son of a pastor, an evangelical kind of minister.
- And so as they were doing the prayers, she, and she's a Baptist minister.
- So Miller is going to translate this a little bit paraphrastically as the minister or even as the priest.
- So this is, you know, all the sort of compassion jobs we think of social workers, home care workers, ministers, therapists, people like that.
- Their plan was very tight, tidy and narrow, trained young men to be Congregational ministers.
- Once I went to a a wedding, Christian wedding and a minister in the church.
- I've been to craniosacral therapists, Tibetan and Egyptian healers, Qui Gong ministers of religions that I've never heard of.
- So Shirley was having she was doing this thing where she was becoming a a minister.
Examples
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Following the hymn, the PUC minister will pronounce the benediction.
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My dad was a minister.
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So years ago, some friends of mine asked me to be them, their minister, and to marry them.
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Believe it or not, one she named was the minister of our church.
Academic text (2011) -
You know, my father was a minister.
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Remember that minister who had us thrown into jail?
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Indeed, at the beginning of the Civil War, a few Southern ministers spoke out against secession.
Academic text (1991) -
One letter from a United Methodist minister complained about how DeHart conducted the classroom debate.
Academic text (1999) -
And Reverend Huffman was a Baptist minister in Cape Girardeau, MO, and he lives on Main Street.
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The minister led the congregation in prayer during the Sunday service.
Synonyms
329
3.0
A religious leader who cares for and leads a Christian church, usually in Protestant churches
291
3.2
A person who gives sermons in a church
57
7.3
A religious leader who cares for and guides a group of church members
53
6.4
A religious leader who leads services and prayers in a church
18
5.4
A Christian priest in charge of a local church
15
4.7
A man who leads services and gives spiritual help in a church
13
8.2
A Christian minister in charge of a local church
8
6.8
A man who talks about Christian beliefs in church
5
7.8
A church leader who leads services and cares for a local church
3
7.9
A person who leads a religious ceremony like a wedding
1
7.2
A priest or minister who leads a religious service and gives blessings
A person who leads religious services and performs ceremonies
A person who helps during a religious service, for example by giving communion
A woman who is a religious leader in the Christian church
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
72
4.2
A government official who manages a country's money, taxes and spending
12
5.0
A senior government official who is part of the cabinet and leads a government department
5
3.7
A person in the government who leads a department and makes rules about it
- Specialized
A government official who represents their country in another country and ranks below an ambassador
- Formal
A government diplomat below an ambassador who can sign agreements for their country
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word minister comes from the Latin minister, which means 'servant' or 'helper'. In churches a minister is someone who 'serves' the congregation by leading worship and giving spiritual care.