| slovo | definícia |
minister
(mass) | minister
- duchovný, farár |
minister
(encz) | minister,duchovní n: Zdeněk Brož |
minister
(encz) | minister,farář n: |
minister
(encz) | minister,ministr n: Zdeněk Brož |
minister
(encz) | minister,pastor n: Zdeněk Brož |
minister
(encz) | minister,vyslanec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Minister
(gcide) | 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.]
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1. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of
inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
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Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua. --Ex. xxiv.
13.
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I chose
Camillo for the minister, to poison
My friend Polixenes. --Shak.
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2. An officer of justice. [Obs.]
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I cry out the on the ministres, quod he,
That shoulde keep and rule this cit['e]. --Chaucer.
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3. 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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Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they
are, must be answerable to God and man. --Bacon.
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4. 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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Note: Ambassadors are classed (in the diplomatic sense) in
the first rank of public ministers, ministers
plenipotentiary in the second. "The United States
diplomatic service employs two classes of ministers, --
ministers plenipotentiary and ministers resident."
--Abbott.
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5. 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.
--Addison.
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Syn: Delegate; official; ambassador; clergyman; parson;
priest.
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Minister
(gcide) | Minister \Min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ministered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Ministering.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr.
L. ministrare. See Minister, n.]
To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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He that ministereth seed to the sower. --2 Cor. ix.
10.
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We minister to God reason to suspect us. --Jer. Taylor.
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Minister
(gcide) | 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.
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The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but
to minister. --Matt. xx.
28.
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2. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply
consolation or remedies; as, to minister to the sick.
--Matt. xxv. 44.
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Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased? --Shak.
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minister
(wn) | minister
n 1: a person authorized to conduct religious worship;
"clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant
churches" [syn: curate, minister of religion,
minister, parson, pastor, rector]
2: a person appointed to a high office in the government;
"Minister of Finance" [syn: minister, {government
minister}]
3: a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks
below ambassador [syn: minister, diplomatic minister]
4: the job of a head of a government department
v 1: attend to the wants and needs of others; "I have to
minister to my mother all the time"
2: work as a minister; "She is ministering in an old parish" |
minister
(devil) | MINISTER, n. 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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MINISTER
(bouvier) | MINISTER, government. An officer who is placed near the sovereign, and is
invested with the administration of some one of the principal branches of
the government.
2. Ministers are responsible to the king or other supreme magistrate
who has appointed them. 4 Conn. 134.
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MINISTER
(bouvier) | MINISTER, international law. This is the general name given to public
functionaries who represent their country abroad, such as ambassadors,
(q.v.) envoys, (q.v.) and residents. (q.v.) A custom of recent origin has
introduced a new kind of ministers, without any particular determination of
character; these are simply called ministers, to indicate that they are
invested with the general character of a sovereign's mandatories, without
any particular assignment of rank or character.
2. The minister represents his government in a vague and indeterminate
manner, which cannot be equal to the first degree; and be possesses all the
rights essential to a public minister.
3. There are also ministers plenipotentiary, who, as they possess full
powers, are of much greater distinction than simple ministers. These also,
are without any particular attribution of rank and character, but by custom
are now placed immediately below the ambassador, or on a level with the
envoy extraordinary. Vattel, liv. 4, c. 6, Sec. 74; Kent, Com. 38; Merl.
Repert. h.t. sect. 1, n. 4.
4. Formerly no distinction was made in the different classes of public
ministers, but the modern usage of Europe introduced some distinctions in
this respect, which, on account of a want of precision, became the source of
controversy. To obviate these, the congress of Vienna, and that of Aix la
Chapelle, put an end to these disputes by classing ministers as follows: 1.
Ambassadors, and papal legates or nuncios. 2. Envoys, ministers, or others
accredited to sovereigns, (aupres des souverains). 3. Ministers resident,
accredited to sovereigns. 4. Charges d'Affaires, accredited to the minister
of foreign affairs. Recez du Congres de Vienne, du 19 Mars, 1815; Protocol
du Congres d' Aix la Chapelle, du 21 Novembre, 1818; Wheat, Intern. Law, pt.
3, c. Sec. 6.
5. The act of May 1, 1810, 2 Story's L. U. S. 1171, fixes a
compensation for public, ministers, as follows
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &c. That the president of the United States
shall not allow to any minister plenipotentiary a greater sum than at the
rate of nine thousand dollars per annum, as a compensation for all his
personal services and expenses; nor to any charge des affaires, a greater
sum than at the rate of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, as a
compensation for all his personal services and expenses, nor to the
secretary of any legation, or embassy to any foreign country, or secretary
of any minister plenipotentiary, a greater sum than at the rate of two
thousand dollars per annum, as a compensation for all his personal services
and expenses; nor to any consul who shall be appointed to reside at Algiers,
a greater sum than at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum, as a
compensation for all his personal services and expenses; nor to any other
consul who shall be appointed to reside at any other of the states on the
coast of Barbary, a greater sum than at the rate of two thousand dollars per
annum, as a compensation for all his personal services and expenses; nor
shall there be appointed more than one consul for any one of the said
states: Provided, it shall be lawful for the president of the United States
to allow to a minister plenipotentiary, or charge des affaires, on going
from the United States to any foreign country, an outfit, which shall in no
case exceed one year's full salary of such minister or charge des affaires;
but no consul shall be allowed an outfit in any case whatever, any usage or
custom' to the contrary notwithstanding.
6.-Sec. 2. That to entitle any charge des affaires, or secretary of
any legation or embassy to any foreign country, or secretary of any minister
plenipotentiary, to the compensation hereinbefore provided, they shall,
respectively, be appointed by the president of the United States, by and
with the advice and consent of the senate; but in the recess of the senate,
the president is hereby authorized to make such appointments, which shall be
submitted to the senate at the next session thereafter, for their advice and
consent; and no compensation shall be allowed to any charge des affaires, or
any of the secretaries hereinbefore described, who shall not be appointed as
aforesaid: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to
authorize any appointment, of a secretary to a charge des affaires, or to
any consul residing on the Barbary coast; or to sanction any claim against
the United States for expenses incident to the same, any usage or custom to
the contrary notwithstanding.
7. The Act of August 6, 1842, sect. 9, directs, that the president of
the United States shall not allow to any minister, resident a greater sum
than at the rate of six thousand dollars per annum, as a compensation for
all his personal services and expenses: Provided, that it shall be lawful
for the president to allow to such minister resident, on going from the
United States to any foreign country, an outfit, which shall in no case
exceed one year's full salary of such minister resident.
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MINISTER
(bouvier) | MINISTER, eccl. law. One ordained by some church to preach the gospel.
2. Ministers are authorized in the United States, generally, to marry,
and are liable to fines and penalties for marrying minors contrary to the
local regulations. As to the right of ministers or parsons, see Am. Jur. No.
30, p. 268; Anth. Shep. Touch. 564; 2 Mass. R. 500; 10 Mass. R. 97; 14 Mass.
R. 333; 3 Fairf. R. 487.
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MINISTER
(bouvier) | MINISTER, mediator. An officer appointed by the government of one nation,
with the consent of two other nations, who have a matter in dispute, with a
view by his interference and good office to have such matter settled.,
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
administer
(mass) | administer
- podať, viesť, poskytnúť |
administer justice
(mass) | administer justice
- súdiť |
finance minister
(mass) | finance minister
- minister financií |
foreign minister
(mass) | foreign minister
- minister zahraničných vecí |
prime minister
(mass) | prime minister
- premiér |
minister financií
(msas) | minister financií
- finance minister |
minister zahraničných vecí
(msas) | minister zahraničných vecí
- foreign minister |
ministerstvo
(msas) | ministerstvo
- ministry |
minister financii
(msasasci) | minister financii
- finance minister |
minister zahranicnych veci
(msasasci) | minister zahranicnych veci
- foreign minister |
ministerstvo
(msasasci) | ministerstvo
- ministry |
administer
(encz) | administer,podat administer,poskytnout administer,přispívat administer,spravovat administer,vést administer,vykonávat "správu" |
administer a medicine
(encz) | administer a medicine,podat lék [med.] |
administer an oath to
(encz) | administer an oath to,vzít do přísahy koho |
administer justice
(encz) | administer justice,soudit v: [práv.] prostřednictvím soudu administer justice,vykonávat spravedlnost v: [práv.] |
administer relief
(encz) | administer relief,poskytnout pomoc |
administer to
(encz) | administer to,přispívat čemu |
administered
(encz) | administered,spravováno administered,spravovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
administering
(encz) | administering,spravující adj: Zdeněk Brožadministering,vykonávání |
cabinet minister
(encz) | Cabinet Minister,člen vlády [brit.] Jiří Šmoldas |
deputy prime minister
(encz) | deputy prime minister,místopředseda vlády n: Pino |
diplomatic minister
(encz) | diplomatic minister, n: |
finance minister
(encz) | finance minister, n: |
foreign minister
(encz) | foreign minister,ministr zahraničních věcí n: luke |
framework administered account for technical assistance activities
(encz) | Framework Administered Account for Technical Assistance Activities, |
government minister
(encz) | government minister, n: |
interim prime minister
(encz) | Interim Prime Minister,prozatímní ministr vnitra [fráz.]
[polit.] rob.her@gmail.com |
joint ministerial committee of the boards of governors of the bank and the fund on the transfer of real resources to developing countries
(encz) | Joint Ministerial Committee of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and
the Fund on the Transfer of Real Resources to Developing Countries, |
minister of finance
(encz) | minister of finance, n: |
minister plenipotentiary
(encz) | minister plenipotentiary, n: |
ministerial
(encz) | ministerial,ministerský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ministerially
(encz) | ministerially,ministersky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
ministering
(encz) | ministering, adj: |
ministers
(encz) | ministers,ministři n: Zdeněk Brož |
operations division for sdrs and administered accounts
(encz) | Operations Division for SDRs and Administered Accounts, |
post sca-2 administered account
(encz) | Post SCA-2 Administered Account, |
prime minister
(encz) | prime minister,premiér prime minister,premiérka prime minister,předseda vlády n: Pino |
the king abnegated his power to the ministers
(encz) | The King abnegated his power to the ministers,Král složil svoji moc
ministrům |
ministersky
(czen) | ministersky,ministeriallyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
ministerský
(czen) | ministerský,ministerialadj: Zdeněk Brož |
ministerský předseda
(czen) | ministerský předseda,PM[zkr.] Zdeněk Brož |
ministerstva
(czen) | ministerstva,departmentsn: pl. Zdeněk Brožministerstva,ministriesn: Zdeněk Brož |
ministerstvo
(czen) | ministerstvo,departmentn: Zdeněk Brožministerstvo,ministryn: Zdeněk Brožministerstvo,officen: Zdeněk Brožministerstvo,secretariaten: Zdeněk Brož |
ministerstvo financí
(czen) | ministerstvo financí,Treasury[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
ministerstvo obrany
(czen) | Ministerstvo obrany,Department of Defense Martin M.Ministerstvo obrany,DOD Martin M. |
ministerstvo zahraničních věcí (usa)
(czen) | Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí (USA),State Department, the
(US)[amer.] omichalek |
ministerstvo zemědělství usa
(czen) | ministerstvo zemědělství USA,United States Department of
Agriculture PetrVministerstvo zemědělství USA,USDA[zkr.] PetrV |
Administer
(gcide) | Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Administering.] [OE. aministren, OF.
aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad +
ministrare to serve. See Minister.]
1. To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or
superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as,
to administer the government or the state.
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For forms of government let fools contest:
Whate'er is best administered is best. --Pope.
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2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to
administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
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[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
--Philips.
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Justice was administered with an exactness and
purity not before known. --Macaulay.
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3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or
something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a
reproof, etc.
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A noxious drug had been administered to him.
--Macaulay.
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4. To tender, as an oath.
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Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer.
--Shak.
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5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a
will, or whose will fails of an executor.
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Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give
out; distribute; furnish.
[1913 Webster]Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. i.
1. To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to
minister.
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A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well
as the plenty of the place. --Spectator.
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2. (Law) To perform the office of administrator; to act
officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
[1913 Webster]Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, n.
Administrator. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Administered
(gcide) | Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Administering.] [OE. aministren, OF.
aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad +
ministrare to serve. See Minister.]
1. To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or
superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as,
to administer the government or the state.
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For forms of government let fools contest:
Whate'er is best administered is best. --Pope.
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2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to
administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
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[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
--Philips.
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Justice was administered with an exactness and
purity not before known. --Macaulay.
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3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or
something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a
reproof, etc.
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A noxious drug had been administered to him.
--Macaulay.
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4. To tender, as an oath.
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Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer.
--Shak.
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5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a
will, or whose will fails of an executor.
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Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give
out; distribute; furnish.
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Administerial
(gcide) | Administerial \Ad*min`is*te"ri*al\, a.
Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of
government.
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Administering
(gcide) | Administer \Ad*min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Administered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Administering.] [OE. aministren, OF.
aministrer, F. administer, fr. L. administrare; ad +
ministrare to serve. See Minister.]
1. To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or
superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as,
to administer the government or the state.
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For forms of government let fools contest:
Whate'er is best administered is best. --Pope.
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2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to
administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
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[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs.
--Philips.
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Justice was administered with an exactness and
purity not before known. --Macaulay.
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3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or
something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a
reproof, etc.
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A noxious drug had been administered to him.
--Macaulay.
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4. To tender, as an oath.
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Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer.
--Shak.
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5. (Law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a
will, or whose will fails of an executor.
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Syn: To manage; conduct; minister; supply; dispense; give
out; distribute; furnish.
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Minister
(gcide) | 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.]
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1. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of
inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
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Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua. --Ex. xxiv.
13.
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I chose
Camillo for the minister, to poison
My friend Polixenes. --Shak.
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2. An officer of justice. [Obs.]
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I cry out the on the ministres, quod he,
That shoulde keep and rule this cit['e]. --Chaucer.
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3. 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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Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they
are, must be answerable to God and man. --Bacon.
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4. 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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Note: Ambassadors are classed (in the diplomatic sense) in
the first rank of public ministers, ministers
plenipotentiary in the second. "The United States
diplomatic service employs two classes of ministers, --
ministers plenipotentiary and ministers resident."
--Abbott.
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5. 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.
--Addison.
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Syn: Delegate; official; ambassador; clergyman; parson;
priest.
[1913 Webster]Minister \Min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ministered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Ministering.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr.
L. ministrare. See Minister, n.]
To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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He that ministereth seed to the sower. --2 Cor. ix.
10.
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We minister to God reason to suspect us. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]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.
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The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but
to minister. --Matt. xx.
28.
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2. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply
consolation or remedies; as, to minister to the sick.
--Matt. xxv. 44.
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Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased? --Shak.
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Ministered
(gcide) | Minister \Min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ministered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Ministering.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr.
L. ministrare. See Minister, n.]
To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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He that ministereth seed to the sower. --2 Cor. ix.
10.
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We minister to God reason to suspect us. --Jer. Taylor.
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Ministerial
(gcide) | Ministerial \Min`is*te"ri*al\, a. [L. ministerialis: cf. F.
minist['e]riel. See Minister, and cf. Minstrel.]
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1. Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving;
attendant.
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Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames.
--Prior.
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2. Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the
ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal.
"Ministerial offices." --Bacon. "A ministerial measure."
--Junius. "Ministerial garments." --Hooker.
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3. Tending to advance or promote; contributive. "Ministerial
to intellectual culture." --De Quincey.
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The ministerial benches, the benches in the House of
Commons occupied by members of the cabinet and their
supporters; -- also, the persons occupying them. "Very
solid and very brilliant talents distinguish the
ministerial benches." --Burke.
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Syn: Official; priestly; sacerdotal; ecclesiastical.
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Ministerialist
(gcide) | Ministerialist \Min`is*te"ri*al*ist\, n.
A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.
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Ministerially
(gcide) | Ministerially \Min`is*te"ri*al*ly\, adv.
In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of a
minister.
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Ministering
(gcide) | Minister \Min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ministered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Ministering.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr.
L. ministrare. See Minister, n.]
To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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He that ministereth seed to the sower. --2 Cor. ix.
10.
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We minister to God reason to suspect us. --Jer. Taylor.
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Ministery
(gcide) | Ministery \Min"is*ter*y\, n.
See Ministry. --Milton.
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Prime minister
(gcide) | Prime \Prime\, a. [F., fr. L. primus first, a superl.
corresponding to the compar. prior former. See Prior, a.,
Foremost, Former, and cf. Prim, a., Primary,
Prince.]
1. First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive;
primary. "Prime forests." --Tennyson.
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She was not the prime cause, but I myself. --Milton.
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Note: In this sense the word is nearly superseded by
primitive, except in the phrase prime cost.
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2. First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance;
as, prime minister. "Prime virtues." --Dryden.
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3. First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat;
a prime quality of cloth.
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4. Early; blooming; being in the first stage. [Poetic]
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His starry helm, unbuckled, showed him prime
In manhood where youth ended. --Milton.
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5. Lecherous; lustful; lewd. [Obs.] --Shak.
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6. Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
Note: In this dictionary the same typographic mark is used to
indicate a weak accent in headwords, and minutes of a
degree in angle measurements.
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7. (Math.)
(a) Divisible by no number except itself or unity; as, 7
is a prime number.
(b) Having no common factor; -- used with to; as, 12 is
prime to 25.
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Prime and ultimate ratio. (Math.). See Ultimate.
Prime conductor. (Elec.) See under Conductor.
Prime factor (Arith.), a factor which is a prime number.
Prime figure (Geom.), a figure which can not be divided
into any other figure more simple than itself, as a
triangle, a pyramid, etc.
Prime meridian (Astron.), the meridian from which longitude
is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington.
Prime minister, the responsible head of a ministry or
executive government; applied particularly to that of
England.
Prime mover. (Mech.)
(a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of
power. Especially: Muscular force; the weight and
motion of fluids, as water and air; heat obtained by
chemical combination, and applied to produce changes
in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other
fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action,
and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force.
(b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to
receive and modify force and motion as supplied by
some natural source, and apply them to drive other
machines; as a water wheel, a water-pressure engine, a
steam engine, a hot-air engine, etc.
(c) Fig.: The original or the most effective force in any
undertaking or work; as, Clarkson was the prime mover
in English antislavery agitation.
Prime number (Arith.), a number which is exactly divisible
by no number except itself or unity, as 5, 7, 11.
Prime vertical (Astron.), the vertical circle which passes
through the east and west points of the horizon.
Prime-vertical dial, a dial in which the shadow is
projected on the plane of the prime vertical.
Prime-vertical transit instrument, a transit instrument the
telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime
vertical, -- used for observing the transit of stars over
this circle.
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Stickit minister
(gcide) | Stickit \Stick"it\, a.
Stuck; spoiled in making. [Scot.]
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Stickit minister, a candidate for the clerical office who
fails, disqualified by incompetency or immorality.
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Subminister
(gcide) | Subminister \Sub*min"is*ter\, v. t. [L. subministrare,
subministratum. See Sub-, and Ministre, v. t.]
To supply; to afford. [Obs.] --Sir M. Hale.
[1913 Webster]Subminister \Sub*min"is*ter\, v. i.
To be subservient; to be useful. [Obs.] "Our passions . . .
subminister to the best and worst purposes." --L'EStrange.
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