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minister

//miˈɲis.tɛr/ | /miˈɲis.tɛr//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    minister (politician who heads a ministry)
  2. 2.
    high-ranking official in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
  3. 3.
    priest of pagan cults
  4. 4.
    Catholic preacher
  5. 5.
    steward (chief administrator of a medieval manor)
  6. 6.
    obsoleteminister (a person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church)
  7. 7.
    obsoleteProtestant evangelist, Protestant preacher
  8. 8.
    obsoleteabbot, prior (high-ranking member of a monastery)
  9. 9.
    obsoleteminister (assistant in a Jesuit cloister)
  10. 10.
    obsoletehead of a Franciscan cloister
  11. 11.
    obsoleteofficial (person who works in government)
  12. 12.
    derogatoryironicheretical priest; supporter of heresy
  13. 13.
    female equivalent of minister (“minister”)

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish minister. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from French ministre.

Forms

  • ministerfeminine
  • ministerkafeminine
  • min.abbreviation
Genitive
Singular
ministra
Plural
ministrów
Dative
Singular
ministrowi
Plural
ministrom
Accusative
Singular
ministra
Plural
ministrów
Instrumental
Singular
ministrem
Plural
ministrami
Locative
Singular
ministrze
Plural
ministrach
Vocative
Singular
ministrze
Plural
ministrowie
Nominative
Singular
minister
Plural
ministrowie, ministry

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