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▸ noun:  (Protestantism) A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
▸ noun:  (Roman Catholicism) A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
▸ noun:  (government) A politician who heads a ministry
▸ noun:  In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
▸ noun:  A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic) To afford, to give, to supply.

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