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Keywords: servant, ordained, deacon, priest, clergy

A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

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One who serves at the altar; one who performs sacerdotal duties; the pastor of a church duly authorized or licensed to preach the gospel and administer the sacraments.

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To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.

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To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.

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anyone authorized to carry out or assist in the spiritual functions of a church

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One who serves in a ministerial role of a church, as to preach sermons or conduct religious services, or to perform some service to the spiritual benefit of others. It literally means to serve, help or encourage. "...I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power" (Eph. 3:7).

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Someone who is authorized to perform religious functions in a Christian church

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synonymous with priest in the context of our church

saintmaryschurch.ca

A person who has been set aside by ordination to serve the church. In the Presbyterian Church in Canada there are both spiritual and academic qualifications required for ordination as a minister. Ministers are sometimes also referred to as teaching elders. Besides also being ruling elders, ministers are the only ones in the church who administer the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion.

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a person authorized to conduct religious worship

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work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish"

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a Crown servant

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a leader of worship, a pastor, an educator, a counsellor, a facilitator, and perhaps the representative of the faith community in the wider society

theopenmind.org.uk

a lot more than a good sermon giver

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an individual duly authorized by a recognized religious denomination to conduct religious worship and to perform other duties usually performed by authorized members of the clergy of that religion

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an ordained, bona fide professional person of the Christian church, qualified to administrate a church and officiate at weddings, funerals, baptisms and communion

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a person regularly called by the Church

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a preacher of God

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a Servant of God's People and a Pastor is the Chief Servant

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a servant of God's people who has been ordained to the office of the ministry

ucg-terrehaute.org

a servant, one who carries out the orders of others

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Ordained clergy of the Protestant traditions. The term is also used in hierarchical churches to describe anyone with a role in liturgy or service to others.

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This is a Latin word, meaning servant. In the Episcopal Church lay persons as well as bishops, priests and deacons are ministers, servants of God, caring for their brothers and sisters in the church and those outside it.

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From Latin meaning servant. In baptism all of us become servants of God and all of us are to be ministers of God's love and reconciliation in the world. Some minister are set apart through ordination for servant hood as bishops, priests, and deacons.

saintandrewschurch.org

An ordained member of the clergy who officiates during public worship. In Christianity, an ordained member of the clergy of several of the Protestant faith groups. A superior of one of several religious orders.

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One who shares in the ministry of the church. The ministers of the church are lay people, bishops, priests, and deacons (BCP, p. 855). In many Protestant denominations, the term is applied exclusively to members of the clergy.

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(new Occupation) Anordained man of the cloth, perhaps a parish priest or a deacon.skills Ride x3, Throw x1, Fast Talk x2, Orate x5, Speak English x 3, First Aid x 1, Human Lore x 3, Read/Write English x 3, Read/Write Latin x3, Occult (10% Base Chance, Knowledge skill) x4, Fist Attack x2, Dagger Attack x1, and Quarterstaff x1.equipment as Priest

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an ordained man or woman who, after special training, has taken vows and been set apart for religious service of Word (Word of God) and sacrament

churchofscotland.org.uk

From the Latin word for "servant," in the ecclesiastical sense a minister is (1) an ordained cleric or (2) one who has the authority to minister to others.

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Translated from a variety of Greek words usually meaning ‘servant' or similar. It is not used in a specific sense of an ‘office' (see office). Local churches were not overseen by a minister. They were overseen by a plurality of elders.

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a person who has had training in theology and has been ordained by a bishop to lead the Church and to take church services.

fairlands.herts.sch.uk

The spiritual and administrative leader of a local church. Also known as Pastor.

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128] To dream of seeing a minister, denotes unfortunate changes and unpleasant journeys. To hear a minister exhort, foretells that some designing person will influence you to evil. To dream that you are a minister, denotes that you will usurp another's rights. [128] See Preacher and Priest.

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All members of the Church: Lay people, bishops, priests and deacons.

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Keywords: ambassador, diplomat, sovereign, defence, governor

An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy and officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility. His principal qualification is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador.

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An officer of justice.

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One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.

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A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.

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Subject to paragraph (b) of the Aeronautics Act, (a) the Minister of Transport or such other Minister as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of the Aeronautics Act; and(b) with respect to any matter relating to defence, including any matter relating to military personnel or a military aircraft, aerodrome or facility of Canada or a foreign state, the Minister of National Defence or, under the direction of the Minister of National Defence, the Chief of the Defence Staff appointed under the National Defence Act. Fr: ministre

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Means the Minister of Natural Resources or such member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada as the Governor in Council may designate as the Minister for the purposes of the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act.

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Head of a major department (e.g defence or agriculture)

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A Member of the Government responsible for one or more Government departments; he or she is also a member of Cabinet.

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The Australian Government Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, within whose portfolio the GRDC is established. See also 'ministerial powers'.

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a person appointed to a high office in the government; "Minister of Finance"

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a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador

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the job of a head of a government department

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a diplomat accredited by one sovereign state to another who ranks immediately below the ambassador and usually acts as his or her assistant

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a member of his presbytery and synod and cannot be barred from any of its meetings

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a member of the clergy

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a member of the government who is in charge of a department

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a member of the legislature who has been chosen to also work as part of the executive, usually with responsibility for matters on a specific topic

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a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e

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a true diplomat (not merely consular) accredited by one sovereign state to another who ranks below an ambassador

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the head of any ministry in the Government.

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the head of a governmental department

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A member of Parliament who is part of the Executive and who is usually responsible for one or more government departments or ministries.

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'Minister' refers to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment and Heritage unless otherwise indicated.

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A person appointed by the Governor, on the advice of the Premier, to administer laws of the State. Ministers are customarily also made members of the Executive Council. The Premier is also a Minister. The Ministers collectively make up the government, and each Minister is ordinarily responsible for a particular government department.

premiers.qld.gov.au

A member of Cabinet who is assigned a particular departmental portfolio, or who addresses administrative, symbolic or other non-departmental duties as a minister "without portfolio."

lac-bac.gc.ca

a member of government who has responsibility for a government department

monumentalstories.gen.nz

the member of the Executive Council responsible for the Workers' Compensation, Health and Safety Board;

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a senior member of parliament who is usually in charge of a government department.

peo.gov.au

A member of the government. The senior Ministers in the Scottish Government are known as 'members of the Scottish Executive' or 'the Scottish Ministers', and together they form the Scottish Cabinet (the Lord Advocate is not formally a member of the Cabinet but attends its meetings to provide advice on legal matters). There are also junior Scottish Ministers who assist the members of the Scottish Executive. With the exception of the Scottish Law Officers, all Ministers must also be MSPs. An MSP cannot hold a ministerial post in both the Scottish government and the UK government at the same time.

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Keywords: solace, disappointment, forerunner, religion, symbol

A minister of religion is a symbol of a need for solace. It can also be a forerunner to a disappointment.

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Keywords: multicultural, indigenous, immigration, affairs

The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs.

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Keywords: administering, notified, section, pest, mining

see Mining Act R.S.O. 1990 section 1.

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means Minister of the Crown; and â€“(a) in relation to a national pest management strategy, means the Minister who recommended the making of the order under section 68 making the Strategy; and(b) in relation to a proposal for a national pest management strategy, that has been notified, means the Minister who notified the proposal.

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Minister means the Minister for the time being administering section 41 of the Atomic Energy Act 1953

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Keywords: blessed, wedding, christian, ceremonies, licensed

a licensed Christian Oriented Wedding Service who can perform Marriage Ceremonies on the day of the blessed union

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Keywords: esp, sick, remedies, supply, consolation

To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies; as, to minister to the sick.

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Minister means the Minister of Supply and Services

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