Minister

minls-ter, n. A servant; subordinate; a istant of inferior rank; one to whom is intrusted the direction of affairs of state; the representative of a sovereign or government at a foreign court; emba ador; one who serves at the altar; pastor of a church; clergyman; parson; priest. — v. t. [min to istered (-terd), -teking.] To furnish, afford, supply, administer. — v. i. To act as a. servant, attendant, or agent; to serve in any office, sacred or secuor lar; to afford supplies, give things needful, serve, officiate, administer, contribute. — Ministry, -is-trT, n. Act of ministering; ministration; instrumentality; office, duties, or functions of a minister; the a body of ministers; the clergy; the ministers oi; linger or ink, then, boNbox, chair, get. state: busine : employment. — Ministe'rial, -rT-al, a. Pert, to ministry, or to the performance of vice, or of executive office; pert, to the office minister: executive, emba adorial, or sacerdotal; official; cleric il: priestly: ecclesiastical. — Ministe'rially, ado.— Min'istrant, a. Performing service as a minister; acting under command. — Ministra'tion. n. Act of performing service; office minister; ecclesiastical function. — Min's trel, One of an order of men, in the middle ages, sang verses to the harp, etc.; a bard: singer; harper: a singer and musician, — often applied esp. to -who performs at comic entertainments. — Min's treisy, -sT, n. Arts and occupation of minstrels a collective body of minstrels, or of their songs. 262