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PREACHERS |
Ministers |
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PRIEST |
Ordained Ministers |
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DEACONS |
Ordained Ministers |
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MINISTRANT |
One who ministers. |
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EXTENDS |
Draws out former ministers |
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MINISTRESS |
A woman who ministers. |
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MISERS |
Penny-pinchers take tin from ministers |
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PRIESTS |
Quietly resist as ordered by ministers |
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MISINTERPRETS |
Gets the wrong idea from pert ministers |
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SINISTER |
Evil ministers read last letter first, ignoring a thousand |
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ORDINAL |
Book containing forms of service for conferring holy orders on ministers |
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MINISTERIALIST |
A supporter of the ministers, or the party in
power. |
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PANDER |
Hence, one who ministers to the evil designs and passions
of another. |
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MINISTRY |
The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a
body. |
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DIPLOMACY |
The body of ministers or envoys resident at a court; the
diplomatic body. |
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PHYSICIAN |
Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral
diseases; as, a physician of the soul. |
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PLENIPOTENTIARY |
Containing or conferring full power; invested with
full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers. |
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DIPLOMATICAL |
Pertaining to diplomacy; relating to the foreign
ministers at a court, who are called the diplomatic body. |
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CONFIDE |
To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; --
usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers. |
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DISMISS |
To discard; to remove or discharge from office,
service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the
matter dismisses his servant. |
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SUPPORT |
To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood;
to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the
ministers of the gospel. |
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REVERENCE |
A person entitled to be revered; -- a title applied to
priests or other ministers with the pronouns his or your; sometimes
poetically to a father. |
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EXCELLENCY |
A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries,
esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial
governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes. |
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ULEMA |
A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the
hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or
doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice. |
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RESIDENT |
A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign
court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferior to that
of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister, 4. |