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minister
Synonyms and Antonyms of minister
1
a person sent on a mission to represent another
2
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church
churchman, clergyman, father, Holy Joe [slang], padre
clergywoman, deaconess, priestess
abbot, archbishop, archpriest, bishop, dean, diocesan, monsignor, pope, prelate, presbyter
abbé, curate, curé, parson, pastor, rector, shepherd, vicar
chaplain, confessor, sky pilot
evangelist, missionary, missioner, missionizer, revivalist
3
a person who acts or does business for another
agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, rep, representative
ambassador, diplomat, diplomatist, emissary, foreign minister, legate, plenipotentiary
alternate, backup, pinch hitter, relief, replacement, stand-in, sub, substitute, surrogate, understudy
arbiter, arbitrator, comprador (or compradore), conciliator, go-between, intercessor, intermediary, interposer, liaison, mediator, middleman, peacemaker
mouthpiece, point man, point person, prophet, speaker, spokesman, spokesperson
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