minister

IPA（発音記号）

名詞

日本語の意味

プロテスタント教会における説教、礼拝、宗教儀式の執行や牧会活動を行うための訓練を受けた宗教指導者

The minister stayed late to counsel members of his congregation after the storm.

嵐の後、牧師は教会の信徒たちの相談に乗るために遅くまで残った。

意味（1）

The minister said a prayer on behalf of the entire congregation.

意味（2）

A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).

He was newly appointed to be Minister of the Interior.

意味（3）

In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.

意味（4）

A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.

[…], I choſe / Camillo for the miniſter, to poyſon / My friend Polixenes: […]

ministers

（ plural ）