Minister vs. Administer
Ministernoun
A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
Ministernoun
A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
Ministernoun
At a diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
Ministernoun
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
Ministerverb
(transitive) To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
Ministerverb
to function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship
Ministerverb
To afford, to give, to supply.
Ministernoun
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
Ministernoun
An officer of justice.
Ministernoun
One to whom the sovereign or executive head of a government intrusts the management of affairs of state, or some department of such affairs.
Ministernoun
A representative of a government, sent to the court, or seat of government, of a foreign nation to transact diplomatic business.
Ministernoun
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.
Ministerverb
To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
Ministerverb
To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
Ministerverb
To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or remedies; as, to minister to the sick.
Ministernoun
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
Ministernoun
a person appointed to a high office in the government;
Ministernoun
a diplomat representing one government to another; ranks below ambassador
Ministernoun
the job of a head of a government department
Ministerverb
attend to the wants and needs of others;
Ministerverb
work as a minister;
Administerverb
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
Administerverb
(transitive) To apportion out.
Administerverb
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
Administerverb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
Administerverb
(legal) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
Administerverb
To tender, as an oath.
Administerverb
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
Administerverb
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.
Administerverb
To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament.
Administerverb
To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc.
Administerverb
To tender, as an oath.
Administerverb
To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
Administerverb
To contribute; to bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister.
Administerverb
To perform the office of administrator; to act officially; as, A administers upon the estate of B.
Administernoun
Administrator.
Administerverb
work in an administrative capacity; supervise;
Administerverb
administer ritually; of church sacraments
Administerverb
administer or bestow, as in small portions;
Administerverb
give or apply (medications)
