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ministering

/min-uh-ster/US // ˈmɪn ə stər //UK // (ˈmɪnɪstə) //

侍奉者,牧师,侍者,侍奉

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
    • : a person authorized to administer sacraments, as at Mass.
    • : a person appointed by or under the authority of a sovereign or head of a government to some high office of state, especially to that of head of an administrative department: the minister of finance.
    • : a diplomatic representative accredited by one government to another and ranking next below an ambassador.Compare envoy.
    • : a person acting as the agent or instrument of another.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to administer or apply: to minister the last rites.
    • : Archaic. to furnish; supply.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to perform the functions of a religious minister.
    • : to give service, care, or aid; attend, as to wants or necessities.: to minister to the needs of the hungry.
    • : to contribute, as to comfort or happiness.

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Examples

  • According to one version of events, Cain and Cummings lobbied the prime minister to give Cain that coveted position.

  • For example, Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest serving prime minister, is the grandson of a prime minister and a prominent politician.

  • How Sweden acts now will determine “if we will be able to celebrate Christmas as normal,” the prime minister said.

  • Rasmus Jarlov, a member of the Conservative People’s Party and a former business minister, said the plan should be shelved until more details are known.

  • The prime minister also announced that state payments will be made to furloughed workers of as much as 80% of their wages through the new lockdown period.

  • Instead he has emphasized core elements of the social gospel like combatting poverty and ministering to the sick and downtrodden.

  • Though their faith does not provide simple policy solutions, it demands that they be disposed towards ministering to the needy.

  • I know the symptoms, they are unmistakable: they always are, among the ministering classes.

  • If a ministering angel walks abroad through this world of many sorrows, it is my wife Barbara.

  • On the calling of the Long Parliament, he and his wife returned to England, and in 1642 we find him ministering to his old flock.

  • The wounded had been gathered into a school-house, and the warm-hearted women of the place were ministering to their comfort.

  • Before long the eyes unclosed and fastened dreamily on the ministering maiden.