Showing posts with label minister. Show all posts
Showing posts with label minister. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

administer, minister

Administer or administer means

Minister or minister means

Minister or minister may also mean

Now that you know that, you can say --

Thursday, March 19, 2015

minister, minster

Minister or minister means a parson, a preacher, or, in some countries, the head of a government department--
They will be married at home, by the minister of their church.
In the United States, we have a Secretary of State; in Britain, they have a Foreign Minister.

Minster or minster, most commonly used in England,  means a large or important church, such as a cathedral--
You can see the spire of the minster from the top of that hill.
The old minster lay in ruins, looking like the scene of a medieval romance.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The old minister has been preaching at this minster every Sunday for more than forty years."