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01. The [Minister] of Education has announced an increase to the education budget for next year.
02. Mr. Wong works in the finance [ministry] as a senior accountant.
03. The teacher [ministered] to the injured students after the earthquake until the ambulance arrived.
04. Patricia Hamilton has been appointed as the new Foreign [Minister].
05. The new [minister] in our local church is a woman from San Francisco.
06. A group of volunteers [ministered] to the needs of the victims of the tornado.
07. The Finance [Minister] has announced a budget surplus of over 500 million dollars.
08. Government [ministries], along with church and business organizations have created a substantial safety net for the less fortunate in our society.
09. In 1993, Kim Campbell became the first woman Prime [Minister] of Canada.
10. The doctor made his way through the wounded soldiers, [ministering] first to those who were most gravely injured.
11. He is very knowledgeable and is expected to make a fine [minister] of foreign affairs.
12. She has held office as both defense [minister] and foreign [minister].
13. The world's first female Prime [Minister] came to power in Ceylon in 1960.
14. He has been relieved of his [ministerial] duties pending an investigation into allegations of corruption in the Department of Highways.
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Minister(in) — Minister(in) … Deutsch Wörterbuch
Minister — • Even before the Reformation the word minister was occasionally used in English to describe those of the clergy actually taking part in a function, or the celebrant as distinguished from the assistants, but it was not then used sine addito to… … Catholic encyclopedia
minister — min‧is‧ter [ˈmɪnstə ǁ ər] noun [countable] in Britain and some other countries, a politician who is a member of the government and is either in charge of or has an important job in a government department: • a meeting of EU finance ministers •… … Financial and business terms
minister — MINISTÉR, ministere, s.n. 1. Organ central al administraţiei de stat care conduce o anumită ramură a activităţii statului şi care este condus de un ministru; instituţia respectivă; p. ext. clădirea în care îşi are sediul această instituţie. 2.… … Dicționar Român
Minister — can mean several things: Minister (Christianity), a Christian who ministers in some way Minister (diplomacy), the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador Minister (government), a politician who heads a ministry (government department) Shadow… … Wikipedia
Minister — Sm std. (14. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. minister Diener , zu l. minor kleiner, geringer . Die Bedeutung Regierungsmitglied im 17. Jh. aus frz. ministre desselben Ursprungs (in merowingischer Zeit war das ministerium der Haus und Hofdienst… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
minister to — ˈminister to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they minister to he/she/it ministers to present participle ministering to past tense ministered to … Useful english dictionary
Minister — Min is*ter, n. [OE. ministre, F. ministre, fr. L. minister, orig. a double comparative from the root of minor less, and hence meaning, an inferior, a servant. See 1st {Minor}, and cf. {Master}, {Minstrel}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A servant; a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Minister — Min is*ter, v. i. 1. To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular. [1913 Webster] The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister. Matt. xx. 28. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Minister — Minister: Die Bezeichnung für »oberster ‹Verwaltungs›beamter des Staates; Mitglied der Regierung« wurde im 17. Jh. aus gleichbed. frz. ministre (eigentlich »Diener«, dann etwa »Diener des Staates; mit einem politischen Amt Beauftragter«) entlehnt … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
minister — [n1] person in charge of church abbot, archbishop, archdeacon, bishop, chaplain, clergy, clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, confessor, curate, deacon, dean, diocesan, divine, ecclesiastic, lecturer, missionary, monk, parson, pastor, preacher … New thesaurus
