Minister

1. To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
2. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies.
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.
4. A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
5. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
6. An officer of justice.
7. 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.