minister

About 56.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

noun A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church.
The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.
noun A person (either a layperson or an ordained clergy member) who is commissioned to perform some act on behalf of the Catholic Church.
noun A politician who heads a ministry
He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.
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 To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
verb To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
verb To afford, to give, to supply.