Tra từ minister - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship (Freq. 10)
- clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
• Syn:
curate, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector
• Derivationally related forms:
pastoral (for: pastor), pastorship (for: pastor), ministerial
• Hypernyms:
clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
• Hyponyms:
ministrant
2. a diplomat representing one government to another;
ranks below ambassador
• Syn:
diplomatic minister
• Derivationally related forms:
ministerial
• Hypernyms:
diplomat, diplomatist
3. a person appointed to a high office in the government
- Minister of Finance
• Syn:
government minister
• Derivationally related forms:
ministerial
• Hypernyms:
executive, executive director
• Hyponyms:
cabinet minister, finance minister, minister of finance, foreign minister, secretary of state
• Instance Hyponyms:
Haman, Yamani, Ahmed Zoki Yamani
4. the job of a head of a government department
• Derivationally related forms:
ministerial
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
public service
• Hyponyms:
cabinet minister

II - verb

1. attend to the wants and needs of others (Freq. 3)
- I have to minister to my mother all the time
• Derivationally related forms:
ministrant, ministration
• Hypernyms:
attend, take care, look, see
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s to somebody
2. work as a minister
- She is ministering in an old parish
• Derivationally related forms:
ministrant
• Hypernyms:
work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s