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.
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These sources include letters to the English-language press, petitions to parliament, testimony in legal cases, and church publications from Christian evangelists ministering to Chinese Australians.
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
Aparicio is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, or ELCA, in Waukesha and ministers to about 55 Spanish-speaking congregants.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
The private sector was innovating like mad, and developing a perfectly self-regulating banking subsector to minister to explosive economic growth, and the government stepped in to require that its presence be felt in every example of, every institution within, that banking system.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Hegseth, who took the stage at the Shangri-La Dialogue, sought to seize on a gap China created in declining to send its own defense minister to the major annual gathering of diplomats, military officials and business leaders — an opportunity for the U.S. to make inroads with Asian countries.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 31 May 2025
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2025
Aparicio is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, or ELCA, in Waukesha and ministers to about 55 Spanish-speaking congregants.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
The private sector was innovating like mad, and developing a perfectly self-regulating banking subsector to minister to explosive economic growth, and the government stepped in to require that its presence be felt in every example of, every institution within, that banking system.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Hegseth, who took the stage at the Shangri-La Dialogue, sought to seize on a gap China created in declining to send its own defense minister to the major annual gathering of diplomats, military officials and business leaders — an opportunity for the U.S. to make inroads with Asian countries.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 31 May 2025
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“Minister to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minister%20to. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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