| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Minister.[Websters]
2. To have priested, shepherded, divined or fathered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have served, tended or waited. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have supported, subserved, favoured or befriended. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have supplied or provided. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have availed or favored. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have contributed or furnished. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have headed, captained or premiered.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb minister.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (minister) | 1. Attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to minister to my mother all the time".[Wordnet]. 2. Work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish".[Wordnet]. 3. To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.[Websters]. 4. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.[Websters]. 5. To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: ministering, ministered, ministers, ministerer, ministerers, ministeringly and ministeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MINISTERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MINISTERED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Served; afforded; supplied.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of minister. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: minister
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Associate Minister of National Defence (Canada) | A member of the Canadian cabinet, the Associate Minister of National Defence (French: Ministre associé de la Défense nationale) is responsible for various files within the defence department as assigned by the Prime Minister or Defence Minister. (references) | ||
| Cabinet minister | 1: The job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| 2: A person who is a member of the cabinet. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Catholic minister | Unlike in several Protestant churches, in the Roman Catholic Church the term minister is not commonly used to refer to a member of the clergy nor as a common term of address. (references) | ||
| Chief Minister | A Chief Minister is the elected Head of Government of a state of India, a territory of Australia or a British overseas territory that has attained self-government. It is also used as the English version of the title given to the heads of governments of the Malay states without a monarchy. (references) | ||
| Chief Minister (Fiji) | Fiji's British colonial rulers established the office of Chief Minister in October 1967, along with the Cabinet system of government. This was part of an ongoing move to forge modern political institutions to prepare Fiji for independence, which was granted on 10 November 1970. (references) | ||
| Chief Minister of Gibraltar | The Chief Minister of Gibraltar is the leader of the largest party in the Gibraltar House of Assembly, and is formally appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar, representative of the British Crown. (references) | ||
| Chief Minister of Goa | The chief minister of Goa is the head of government of the state of Goa in India. The holder of this position has the same powers and duties as all other chief ministers in Indian states. The position was created in 1962 when India took Goa from Portugal and created the Goa, Damon and Diu union territory. The position remained when in 1987, Goa was split from this territory and became a new state. Chief ministers of Goa have included Manohar Parrikar and Pratapsing Rane. While some chief ministers of Goa have served for several years, others have served for only a few weeks or months. They have come from several different political parties. The position is currently held by Pratapsing Rane, and has been since June 7 2005 when the state was let go from president's rule. The state has been under president's rule four four times, from 1966 to 1967,from 1979 to 1980, briefly during 1990, and from March 2005 to June 2005. (references) | ||
| Chief Minister of Gujarat | This article lists the Chief Ministers of Gujarat state in chronological order. (references) | ||
| Chief Minister of Jersey | The Chief Minister of Jersey is the head of government of Jersey. (references) | ||
| Chief Minister of Penang | The title of Chief Minister of Penang holds the responsibility as the head of government in the state level. Currently, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Khoon is the third Chief Minister since 1990, taking over from Tun Dato' Seri Dr. Lim Chong Eu of Gerakan which held the post since 1969. The first Chief Minister post was held by the late Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee of MCA since Malaysia's independence in 1957. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: minister
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Honorary Minister | Politics & International Affaires | Minister of State: works with Ministers in charge of departments with responsibility for specific functions and is sometimes given a title which reflects these particular functions. He may be given a seat in the Cabinet and paid accordingly (1). Privy Councilor: nowadays the main function of the Privy Council is to advise the Queen to approve Orders in Council. The Privy Council also advises the Crown on the issue of royal proclamations. The Council's own statutory responsibilities include powers of supervision over the registering bodies for the medical and allied professions. Apart from Cabinet Ministers who must be Privy Councilors, membership of the Council is accorded by the Sovereign on the recommendation of the Prime. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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