minister
/ˈmɪn.əˌstɚ/ noun B2- A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
- A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
- A politician who heads a ministry · He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.
- In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
- A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
Plural ministers
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You will find yesterday’s report of the minister of police.
“And, moreover, my dear duke,” continued the minister of police, “we are almost assured that, in a very short time, the usurper will be insane.”
de Blacas pondered deeply between the confident monarch and the truthful minister.
“Well, well, Dandré,” said Louis XVIII., “Blacas is not yet convinced; let us proceed, therefore, to the usurper’s conversion.” The minister of police bowed.
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