minister to

phrasal verb

ministered to; ministering to; ministers to
: to help or care for (someone or something)
She devoted herself to ministering to the poor and sick.
The nurse ministered to his wounds.

Examples of minister to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Canepa added that the measure was partly inspired by efforts in the U.K. and Japan, which have each appointed national ministers to address loneliness. Aria Bendix, NBC News, 2 Feb. 2024 The Alabama prison system agreed to minor changes to settle concerns that Smith's spiritual adviser would be unable to minister to him before the execution. CBS News, 10 Jan. 2024 From the initial expulsion of the Palestinians, the taking of lands in the West Bank for Israeli settlers, the declaration from government ministers to remove the Palestinians from Gaza, these were the United States government’s policies toward its indigenous population. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024 In an interview this morning ahead of the first day of proceedings, Ahmad told NBC News that calls by some Israeli ministers to permanently relocate Palestinians out of Gaza were an important component of the case. NBC News, 12 Jan. 2024 Israeli President Isaac Herzog denounced calls from cabinet ministers to forcibly displace Gazans. Rachel pannett, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024 People who have talked to him over the years and Vatican analysts say Francis’ thinking evolved through frequent private conversations with L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics and the priests and nuns who minister to them. Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023 In the winter of 1828, Joel Roberts Poinsett, the U.S. minister to Mexico, was exploring a tropical forest about 100 miles southwest of Mexico City. Stuart Ferguson, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2023 Trials had already begun in liberated French North Africa, and the first Vichy minister to be tried, Pierre Pucheu, who had been minister of the interior in 1941 and 1942, was executed in Algiers on March 20, 1944. Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023

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“Minister to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minister%20to. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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