minister

«minister» in Mova's school dictionary: a person in charge of a government department, such as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a minister, ministers); verb (minister to — formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) A minister is a person in charge of a government department, such as the minister for education. tree →

2) A minister is a leader in some Christian churches who leads services. tree →

3) To minister to someone is to look after them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In civics, the Prime Minister leads the government in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland; ministers are in charge of areas like health or education. In the USA, similar people are called secretaries. In churches, the minister leads worship. Phrases: "Prime Minister", "government minister", "minister for…".

examples

• The Prime Minister spoke on television. tree →
• The education minister visited our school. tree →
• The minister read from the Bible on Sunday. tree →
• Each minister is in charge of one department. tree →
• Nurses ministered to the sick. tree →
• Who is the health minister? tree →
• “But he is my prime minister’s son!” tree →

note

Countable. Related: ministry (a department). Capital letters in titles: "the Prime Minister". Not every country uses the word; the USA has a President and Secretaries.

In the corpora

• In the UK you do not vote for the prime minister directly.
• The sermon is a talk by the minister explaining a Bible passage and how to live it.
• And Joseph found favour in his sight, and he ministered unto him.
• And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister; and Moses went up into the mount of God.
• And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «minister» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.