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Definition of minister in English: ministernoun ˈmɪnɪstəˈmɪnəstər 1(in certain countries) a head of a government department. 部长；大臣 国防部长。 Example sentencesExamples - Usually when a minister's backbench committee opposes or has serious concerns about a plan, it triggers a rethink.
- Education ministers have now been ordered to spearhead the nationwide action on juvenile offending demanded by Blair's office.
- With the Council emasculated, enforcement of policy was left to individual ministers and departments without co-ordination.
- Last week Putin, who has reduced his parliamentary contacts to the leaders of the pro-Kremlin United Russia majority, ordered his ministers to talk more to opposition.
- Government ministers have ordered that no rise should be greater than five per cent, while also demanding the council meets legal requirements for spending in areas such as education.
- In my fifth trip back there this Memorial Day, I met with the defense minister, the speaker of the parliament, and others.
- The beleaguered Prime Minister has ordered his ministers to push ahead with the radical moves, even though they are certain to intensify the battle raging between New and old Labour.
- In September 1995, he was named parliamentary secretary to the minister of Labour.
- It seems to me that the way modern politics works, the Prime Minister of the day is very reliant on his ministers and backbench for policy support.
- The cabinet authorizing the prime minister and the defense minister of Israel to take whatever steps are necessary soon to fight terror.
- Nor is McConnell exactly in favour: he was the education minister who signed the order to revoke the right of schools to opt out of local authorities.
- The battalion was acting under the orders of the interior minister, Luis Echevarria, who became Mexico's president in 1970.
- At the end of a council of education ministers meeting at Parliament, Education Minister Kader Asmal said this would now be published for public comment.
- The council of finance ministers cannot depart from the rules laid down by the treaty.
- The minister of health has ordered prices reduced by 50 percent.
- She said the only person with the authority to change policies in the department was the minister - who even had to get approval from the Cabinet.
- Hospital chiefs will be ordered by health minister Malcolm Chisholm to cut back spending on agency nurses, some of whom earn more than £1,600 a week.
- A private member is any MP other than the Speaker, a minister or a parliamentary secretary.
- Official committees consist of the senior officials of departments whose ministers sit on the Cabinet committees.
- The decision not to send a message of support this year brought private criticism from ministers and backbench MSPs.
Synonyms member of the government, political leader, cabinet minister, secretary of state, secretary, undersecretary, department head, privy counsellor, politician Indian diwan 2A member of the clergy, especially in the Presbyterian and Nonconformist Churches. （尤指长老会和不信奉英国国教教会的）牧师 a minister of the Lutheran church Example sentencesExamples - First we say that Justice Bleby incorrectly formulated the test for an intention to create legal relations in the context of a church and a minister of religion.
- Many came from Scotland where they had been ordained as Presbyterian ministers in the Scottish church.
- A number of Presbyterian ministers grew increasingly sceptical of the enduring value of revival.
- He was invited to speak in Belfast by Rev Ruth Patterson, the first woman ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church.
- And what of evangelicalism with its positive and perky successful ministers and churches and their how-to sermons?
- He settled down and became the minister of the Salem Presbyterian Church, marrying Delilah Jane Cruise a short time later.
- In the face of voluntary church membership, ministers engineered revivals to recruit congregants.
- In the meantime, many Presbyterian ministers have said they will continue to bless gay couples.
- The main talents were the three Caldwell brothers, sons of the Reverend James Caldwell, minister at the Presbyterian Church.
- Douglas Greenham, a member and minister of the church from 1996 to 1999, opened the meeting with prayer.
- Guthrie also referred to another controversy, one stemming from remarks on pluralism by a Presbyterian minister and interfaith leader.
- This is a most refreshing new look at the book of Ecclesiastes, by the minister of Ravesby Presbyterian Church, Sydney.
- My father was a Presbyterian minister, which means we didn't have any money.
- Christians said there were definitely crime syndicates involved, and ministers of religion were complicit in the crimes.
- It had not been easy to do as he wished, for his father was a Presbyterian minister who very much wanted his son to follow him in the religious life and perhaps become a missionary.
- Neu MacQueen is a Presbyterian minister and founder of Sunday Software Ministries.
- Dr. Gentry is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America.
- William Tennent, therefore, established a small school for Presbyterian ministers in a log cabin on the farm he owned in Bucks County.
- His father was a Presbyterian minister and, together with his mother, was devoted to the community.
- Priestley, a nonconformist Presbyterian minister, was supported in his scientific studies by the patronage of the Earl of Shelburne, in whose house Priestley was tutor.
Synonyms clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, ecclesiastic, pastor, vicar, rector, priest, parson, father, man/woman of the cloth, man/woman of God, churchman, churchwoman curate, chaplain, curé, divine, evangelist, preacher Scottish kirkman informal reverend, padre, Holy Joe, sky pilot Australian informal josser - 2.1 The superior of some religious orders.
教长 Example sentencesExamples - The act provided exemptions to men with certain disabilities, ministers of religious orders, theological students, and conscientious objectors.
3A diplomatic agent, usually ranking below an ambassador, representing a state or sovereign in a foreign country. 公使；外交使节 Example sentencesExamples - In January, Liberal Democrat MP Malcolm Bruce urged Foreign Office ministers to back Gregory's plea against her sentence.
- Foreign Office minister Lord Triesman will represent the government at the ceremony in Khao Lak.
- But Foreign Office ministers admitted yesterday that there was little point in the short term in campaigning hard on the euro.
- Instead, ambassadors, ministers and diplomats are picking over the bones of what was a growing community working to create a better Europe.
- The Durban Summit drew more than 5000 ministers, ambassadors and delegates.
- Foreign office minister Lady Symons said there would be ‘very vigorous discussions’ with the US about securing a fair trial.
- Ben Bradshaw (an ‘out’ Labour MP) was, until earlier this year, a junior minister at the Foreign Office.
- The ministry, bombed and then looted during the US-led war on Iraq, was re-opened without a minister, ambassadors or diplomatic muscle.
- Canada has taken its bid to clean up politics to new levels, publishing details of expenses claimed by ministers, ambassadors and other senior officials on government websites.
- Please also write to Bill Rammell MP, the Foreign Office minister responsible for relations with Colombia.
- The Bulgarian diplomat was the only minister of a foreign country invited to ceremony, which coincided with his visit to the US.
- Washington's explanation that there is a system where a foreign government's ministers are not even searched is like rubbing salt into the wound.
- And since this purported sale was between two sovereign governments, the minister of foreign affairs would have to be involved.
- He returned to the Foreign Office as minister for Europe.
- A leading opponent of the war in Afghanistan took on Foreign Office minister Peter Hain in a debate in Brighton last week.
- Last week, Baroness Symons, a Foreign Office minister, announced that Ambassador Craig Murray would go back to Tashkent.
- In 1987, Mullin himself became a notably thoughtful Labour MP and served for a while as a minister at the Foreign Office.
- Peter Hain is the foreign office minister given instructions from Prime Minister Tony Blair to bang the drum a bit, even if it involves him going slightly off-message.
- In pursuing its aims, the Society has provided a platform in London for heads of governments, ministers, diplomats, academics and business leaders.
- They are assisted by the ministers for foreign affairs and a member of the Commission.
Synonyms ambassador, chargé d'affaires, plenipotentiary, envoy, emissary, legate, diplomat consul, delegate, representative, aide, dignitary, official 4archaic A person or thing used to achieve or convey something. 〈古〉执行者（或物）；传达者（或物） the Angels are ministers of the Divine Will 天使是神的意志的执行者。 Example sentencesExamples - Beelzebub is slowly entering the boys, and through the use of Jack as a minister of evil, delivering the boys to insanity and corruption.
- For nature is the minister of the Divine will not an instrument obedient to the command of man.
verb ˈmɪnɪstəˈmɪnəstər [no object]1minister toAttend to the needs of (someone) 照料；伺候 her doctor was busy ministering to the injured 她的医生正忙于照料伤员。 Example sentencesExamples - What shall we do, then, to minister to the Russians, to assist them on the arduous road to ‘reform’?
- There may also be room for optional characters, like a Horse Doctor to minister to Old Ball, or a supernumerary mummer who will be called Patsie.
- I can pretty much say that every continent I've heard from, from people that he's ministered to, people that don't know him.
- In is vital that we continue to minister to people like Fionnaigh.
- There are many of us who have chosen to remain nonpartisan and chosen it as an opportunity to minister to both sides of the bird, and to care about the whole country at large.
- As healers, we take courses in age-specific competencies and diversity to better prepare us to minister to the people who come to us for care.
- I spend a lot of time attending and ministering to others while no one particularly cares about my needs (emotionally or otherwise)
Synonyms care for, look after, take care of, minister to, administer to, keep an eye on, see to - 1.1archaic with object Provide (something necessary or helpful)
〈古〉提供，供给（必需或有益之物） the story was able to minister true consolation 这故事能够给人真正的安慰。 Example sentencesExamples - They would have experience; and by that experience they would be able to minister consolation to those who were in any manner afflicted.
- At cataclysmic events in the community (births, illnesses, deaths) the women were present to minister aid and comfort.
- I lovingly ministered care for my friend in his time of need.
2Act as a minister of religion. 执行牧师职务 will these women be permitted to minister as priests? Example sentencesExamples - Similar comments were made by all the other pastors where I ministered.
- In another report, a pastor and his wife ministering in the southwestern city of Galle were riding in a bus when the tsunami first hit.
- He remembers when he began to minister to the people of Strangford there was a congregation of some 25-but that figure has now reduced to just two local church goers.
- He says one of his reasons for leaving was his fear of dying with no cleric from his own religion to minister to him.
- A spokesperson for the diocese said yesterday no priest currently ministering in the area was under investigation.
- She introduces the narrator to Jerome Strozzi, an aging priest who ministers to society's throwaways.
- The newly ordained priest will minister for the next two years at the church.
- In the rural areas, priests ministered to a largely illiterate population and, among them, were viewed with some deference for their literacy, their links to local elites, and their contacts with the wider world.
- In the early nineteenth century, there were not enough priests to minister to the burgeoning Catholic community in the United States.
- Many ‘ordinary priests’, ministering to rural communities far removed from the episcopal and monastic centres, must have suffered as many hardships as the members of their flock.
- She was mother of Joe Kearney who ministered as a priest in Knock for a number of years.
- I also know many ex-seminarians and former priests who have married who would still love to minister as priests.
- No doubt a theological education helps - but it must never be a prerequisite that prevents potential pastors from ministering.
- As much as they might complain about some of their parishioners, parish priests ministered at some point to almost every person in France, particularly at key transitional moments in their lives.
- Priests from religious orders and the diocesan priests both ministered in that part of Down.
- I know people who have given up church responsibilities to create more time to minister to people outside the church.
- He returned to Zambia in 1997 and ministered as a parish priest in Kabanana, in the Archdiocese of Lusaka until 2004, when he decided to take a sabbatical.
- That meant in practice that the Roman Catholic priests who ministered to the Acadians were paid by the King of France, and appointed by the Bishop of Quebec, and France expected them to play both a political and an ecclesiastical role.
- So does being able to receive the sacraments from the several priests and deacons who are allowed to minister on death row.
- It currently has almost 400 priests worldwide, ministering to an estimated one million members in more than a thousand churches and chapels.
Synonyms tend, care for, take care of, look after, nurse, treat, attend to, see to, administer to, help, assist, succour cater to, serve, wait on, accommodate, be solicitous of, pander to informal doctor - 2.1with object Administer (a sacrament)
执行（或主持）（圣餐式） bishops in England were faced with a loss of priests to minister the sacraments Example sentencesExamples - What are we seeking to do as we prepare to minister God's word to God's precious people and those others who are always to be found in their midst?
- But thirteen years have passed, and Augustine was now responsible for ministering the word and sacraments to his people.
- With deep humility and abandonment to the Lord, she remained close to Jesus and so could continue ministering his love, his grace, and his transforming power to everyone she met.
- Having reduced the language to writing they ministered the gospel to this isolated people group.
- Will you continue as faithful stewards of the mysteries of God, preaching the Gospel of Christ, and ministering his holy sacraments?
- Transformed by the Eucharist we have received, we are sent to minister Jesus' presence to the lonely, downtrodden, and oppressed.
- His hopes were focused on those churches where the Word of God was faithfully ministered - ‘not dry Calvinism, God save us from that!’
- To be an encourager, is to be the Holy Spirit's chosen instrument to minister God's grace to his often beleaguered saints.
- At their ordination, priests receive power to minister the life of God through the sacraments so that all believers might be empowered to give that life to the world.
- It is a thing plainly repugnant to the word of God and the custom of the primitive Church, to have public prayer in the Church, or to minister the sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people.
- The church was able to thank God for his faithfulness and say ‘Thank you’ to those who have ministered the Word over the years.
Derivativesnoun A Congress leader's foul language has come in the way of his rise to ministership. Example sentencesExamples - So it is not unlikely that, once she consolidates her chief ministership, she is bound to practise her own personalised style of governance, baring her fangs wherever necessary.
- Ten per cent of all the ministerships in all the States should be reserved for beggars to improve their standard of living overnight!
- They were apparently avenging their leader's defeat in the Assembly election and consequent loss of ministership.
- One does not understand why the Congress legislators were keen for ministerships if they could not satisfy the people's aspirations.
OriginMiddle English (in sense 2 of the noun); also in the sense 'a person acting under the authority of another'): from Old French ministre (noun), ministrer (verb), from Latin minister 'servant', from minus 'less'. Rhymesadminister, maladminister, sinister Definition of minister in US English: ministernounˈmɪnəstərˈminəstər 1A member of the clergy, especially in Protestant churches. Example sentencesExamples - A number of Presbyterian ministers grew increasingly sceptical of the enduring value of revival.
- First we say that Justice Bleby incorrectly formulated the test for an intention to create legal relations in the context of a church and a minister of religion.
- My father was a Presbyterian minister, which means we didn't have any money.
- In the face of voluntary church membership, ministers engineered revivals to recruit congregants.
- He settled down and became the minister of the Salem Presbyterian Church, marrying Delilah Jane Cruise a short time later.
- It had not been easy to do as he wished, for his father was a Presbyterian minister who very much wanted his son to follow him in the religious life and perhaps become a missionary.
- Douglas Greenham, a member and minister of the church from 1996 to 1999, opened the meeting with prayer.
- The main talents were the three Caldwell brothers, sons of the Reverend James Caldwell, minister at the Presbyterian Church.
- His father was a Presbyterian minister and, together with his mother, was devoted to the community.
- Dr. Gentry is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America.
- William Tennent, therefore, established a small school for Presbyterian ministers in a log cabin on the farm he owned in Bucks County.
- He was invited to speak in Belfast by Rev Ruth Patterson, the first woman ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church.
- Christians said there were definitely crime syndicates involved, and ministers of religion were complicit in the crimes.
- This is a most refreshing new look at the book of Ecclesiastes, by the minister of Ravesby Presbyterian Church, Sydney.
- Guthrie also referred to another controversy, one stemming from remarks on pluralism by a Presbyterian minister and interfaith leader.
- And what of evangelicalism with its positive and perky successful ministers and churches and their how-to sermons?
- Priestley, a nonconformist Presbyterian minister, was supported in his scientific studies by the patronage of the Earl of Shelburne, in whose house Priestley was tutor.
- Many came from Scotland where they had been ordained as Presbyterian ministers in the Scottish church.
- Neu MacQueen is a Presbyterian minister and founder of Sunday Software Ministries.
- In the meantime, many Presbyterian ministers have said they will continue to bless gay couples.
Synonyms clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, ecclesiastic, pastor, vicar, rector, priest, parson, father, man of the cloth, woman of the cloth, man of god, woman of god, churchman, churchwoman - 1.1 The superior of some religious orders.
教长 Example sentencesExamples - The act provided exemptions to men with certain disabilities, ministers of religious orders, theological students, and conscientious objectors.
2(in certain countries) a head of a government department. 部长；大臣 Britain's defense minister 国防部长。 Example sentencesExamples - The council of finance ministers cannot depart from the rules laid down by the treaty.
- In September 1995, he was named parliamentary secretary to the minister of Labour.
- A private member is any MP other than the Speaker, a minister or a parliamentary secretary.
- Last week Putin, who has reduced his parliamentary contacts to the leaders of the pro-Kremlin United Russia majority, ordered his ministers to talk more to opposition.
- Hospital chiefs will be ordered by health minister Malcolm Chisholm to cut back spending on agency nurses, some of whom earn more than £1,600 a week.
- The decision not to send a message of support this year brought private criticism from ministers and backbench MSPs.
- With the Council emasculated, enforcement of policy was left to individual ministers and departments without co-ordination.
- Official committees consist of the senior officials of departments whose ministers sit on the Cabinet committees.
- Government ministers have ordered that no rise should be greater than five per cent, while also demanding the council meets legal requirements for spending in areas such as education.
- At the end of a council of education ministers meeting at Parliament, Education Minister Kader Asmal said this would now be published for public comment.
- The battalion was acting under the orders of the interior minister, Luis Echevarria, who became Mexico's president in 1970.
- The cabinet authorizing the prime minister and the defense minister of Israel to take whatever steps are necessary soon to fight terror.
- The beleaguered Prime Minister has ordered his ministers to push ahead with the radical moves, even though they are certain to intensify the battle raging between New and old Labour.
- Usually when a minister's backbench committee opposes or has serious concerns about a plan, it triggers a rethink.
- She said the only person with the authority to change policies in the department was the minister - who even had to get approval from the Cabinet.
- Education ministers have now been ordered to spearhead the nationwide action on juvenile offending demanded by Blair's office.
- The minister of health has ordered prices reduced by 50 percent.
- In my fifth trip back there this Memorial Day, I met with the defense minister, the speaker of the parliament, and others.
- It seems to me that the way modern politics works, the Prime Minister of the day is very reliant on his ministers and backbench for policy support.
- Nor is McConnell exactly in favour: he was the education minister who signed the order to revoke the right of schools to opt out of local authorities.
Synonyms member of the government, political leader, cabinet minister, secretary of state, secretary, undersecretary, department head, privy counsellor, politician - 2.1 A diplomatic agent, usually ranking below an ambassador, representing a state or sovereign in a foreign country.
公使；外交使节 Example sentencesExamples - Please also write to Bill Rammell MP, the Foreign Office minister responsible for relations with Colombia.
- Ben Bradshaw (an ‘out’ Labour MP) was, until earlier this year, a junior minister at the Foreign Office.
- The ministry, bombed and then looted during the US-led war on Iraq, was re-opened without a minister, ambassadors or diplomatic muscle.
- In January, Liberal Democrat MP Malcolm Bruce urged Foreign Office ministers to back Gregory's plea against her sentence.
- The Bulgarian diplomat was the only minister of a foreign country invited to ceremony, which coincided with his visit to the US.
- But Foreign Office ministers admitted yesterday that there was little point in the short term in campaigning hard on the euro.
- In 1987, Mullin himself became a notably thoughtful Labour MP and served for a while as a minister at the Foreign Office.
- Foreign Office minister Lord Triesman will represent the government at the ceremony in Khao Lak.
- Washington's explanation that there is a system where a foreign government's ministers are not even searched is like rubbing salt into the wound.
- And since this purported sale was between two sovereign governments, the minister of foreign affairs would have to be involved.
- In pursuing its aims, the Society has provided a platform in London for heads of governments, ministers, diplomats, academics and business leaders.
- Canada has taken its bid to clean up politics to new levels, publishing details of expenses claimed by ministers, ambassadors and other senior officials on government websites.
- Last week, Baroness Symons, a Foreign Office minister, announced that Ambassador Craig Murray would go back to Tashkent.
- A leading opponent of the war in Afghanistan took on Foreign Office minister Peter Hain in a debate in Brighton last week.
- Instead, ambassadors, ministers and diplomats are picking over the bones of what was a growing community working to create a better Europe.
- He returned to the Foreign Office as minister for Europe.
- The Durban Summit drew more than 5000 ministers, ambassadors and delegates.
- They are assisted by the ministers for foreign affairs and a member of the Commission.
- Peter Hain is the foreign office minister given instructions from Prime Minister Tony Blair to bang the drum a bit, even if it involves him going slightly off-message.
- Foreign office minister Lady Symons said there would be ‘very vigorous discussions’ with the US about securing a fair trial.
Synonyms ambassador, chargé d'affaires, plenipotentiary, envoy, emissary, legate, diplomat
3archaic A person or thing used to achieve or convey something. 〈古〉执行者（或物）；传达者（或物） the Angels are ministers of the Divine Will 天使是神的意志的执行者。 Example sentencesExamples - Beelzebub is slowly entering the boys, and through the use of Jack as a minister of evil, delivering the boys to insanity and corruption.
- For nature is the minister of the Divine will not an instrument obedient to the command of man.
verbˈmɪnəstərˈminəstər [no object]1minister toAttend to the needs of (someone) 照料；伺候 her doctor was busy ministering to the injured 她的医生正忙于照料伤员。 Example sentencesExamples - I spend a lot of time attending and ministering to others while no one particularly cares about my needs (emotionally or otherwise)
- There are many of us who have chosen to remain nonpartisan and chosen it as an opportunity to minister to both sides of the bird, and to care about the whole country at large.
- There may also be room for optional characters, like a Horse Doctor to minister to Old Ball, or a supernumerary mummer who will be called Patsie.
- In is vital that we continue to minister to people like Fionnaigh.
- What shall we do, then, to minister to the Russians, to assist them on the arduous road to ‘reform’?
- As healers, we take courses in age-specific competencies and diversity to better prepare us to minister to the people who come to us for care.
- I can pretty much say that every continent I've heard from, from people that he's ministered to, people that don't know him.
Synonyms care for, look after, take care of, minister to, administer to, keep an eye on, see to - 1.1archaic with object Provide (something necessary or helpful)
〈古〉提供，供给（必需或有益之物） the story was able to minister true consolation 这故事能够给人真正的安慰。 Example sentencesExamples - They would have experience; and by that experience they would be able to minister consolation to those who were in any manner afflicted.
- At cataclysmic events in the community (births, illnesses, deaths) the women were present to minister aid and comfort.
- I lovingly ministered care for my friend in his time of need.
2Act as a minister of religion. 执行牧师职务 Example sentencesExamples - He says one of his reasons for leaving was his fear of dying with no cleric from his own religion to minister to him.
- A spokesperson for the diocese said yesterday no priest currently ministering in the area was under investigation.
- He remembers when he began to minister to the people of Strangford there was a congregation of some 25-but that figure has now reduced to just two local church goers.
- No doubt a theological education helps - but it must never be a prerequisite that prevents potential pastors from ministering.
- In the early nineteenth century, there were not enough priests to minister to the burgeoning Catholic community in the United States.
- Many ‘ordinary priests’, ministering to rural communities far removed from the episcopal and monastic centres, must have suffered as many hardships as the members of their flock.
- I also know many ex-seminarians and former priests who have married who would still love to minister as priests.
- In another report, a pastor and his wife ministering in the southwestern city of Galle were riding in a bus when the tsunami first hit.
- I know people who have given up church responsibilities to create more time to minister to people outside the church.
- In the rural areas, priests ministered to a largely illiterate population and, among them, were viewed with some deference for their literacy, their links to local elites, and their contacts with the wider world.
- So does being able to receive the sacraments from the several priests and deacons who are allowed to minister on death row.
- As much as they might complain about some of their parishioners, parish priests ministered at some point to almost every person in France, particularly at key transitional moments in their lives.
- Priests from religious orders and the diocesan priests both ministered in that part of Down.
- He returned to Zambia in 1997 and ministered as a parish priest in Kabanana, in the Archdiocese of Lusaka until 2004, when he decided to take a sabbatical.
- It currently has almost 400 priests worldwide, ministering to an estimated one million members in more than a thousand churches and chapels.
- She introduces the narrator to Jerome Strozzi, an aging priest who ministers to society's throwaways.
- The newly ordained priest will minister for the next two years at the church.
- That meant in practice that the Roman Catholic priests who ministered to the Acadians were paid by the King of France, and appointed by the Bishop of Quebec, and France expected them to play both a political and an ecclesiastical role.
- She was mother of Joe Kearney who ministered as a priest in Knock for a number of years.
- Similar comments were made by all the other pastors where I ministered.
Synonyms tend, care for, take care of, look after, nurse, treat, attend to, see to, administer to, help, assist, succour - 2.1with object Administer (a sacrament).
执行（或主持）（圣餐式） Example sentencesExamples - To be an encourager, is to be the Holy Spirit's chosen instrument to minister God's grace to his often beleaguered saints.
- Having reduced the language to writing they ministered the gospel to this isolated people group.
- What are we seeking to do as we prepare to minister God's word to God's precious people and those others who are always to be found in their midst?
- The church was able to thank God for his faithfulness and say ‘Thank you’ to those who have ministered the Word over the years.
- Will you continue as faithful stewards of the mysteries of God, preaching the Gospel of Christ, and ministering his holy sacraments?
- Transformed by the Eucharist we have received, we are sent to minister Jesus' presence to the lonely, downtrodden, and oppressed.
- It is a thing plainly repugnant to the word of God and the custom of the primitive Church, to have public prayer in the Church, or to minister the sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people.
- But thirteen years have passed, and Augustine was now responsible for ministering the word and sacraments to his people.
- With deep humility and abandonment to the Lord, she remained close to Jesus and so could continue ministering his love, his grace, and his transforming power to everyone she met.
- His hopes were focused on those churches where the Word of God was faithfully ministered - ‘not dry Calvinism, God save us from that!’
- At their ordination, priests receive power to minister the life of God through the sacraments so that all believers might be empowered to give that life to the world.
OriginMiddle English (in minister (sense 2 of the noun)); also in the sense ‘a person acting under the authority of another’): from Old French ministre (noun), ministrer (verb), from Latin minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’. |