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minister

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A person ordained for service in a Christian church:
churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, divine, ecclesiastic, parson, preacher.
Informal: reverend.
phrasal verb
minister to
1. To have the care and supervision of:
attend, care for, look after, mind, see to, tend, watch.
Idioms: keep an eye on, look out for, take care of, take under one's wing.
2. To work and care for:
attend, do for, serve, wait on (or upon).
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Not exactly regally lovely, of course--it wouldn't do, I suppose, for a minister to have a regally lovely wife, because it might set a bad example.
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