Antonyms for
minister
A politician who heads a ministry
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No Antonyms Found for Minister

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All Definitions for Minister

Below are all the dictionary definitions of minister:

1A politician who heads a ministry
2A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
3A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
4In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
5A servant
6A subordinate
7An officer or assistant of inferior rank
8Hence, an agent, an instrument.
9To attend to (the needs of)
10To tend
11To take care (of)
12To give aid
13To give service.
14To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
15To afford, to give, to supply.

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About antonyms for minister

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