Official vs Minister - What's the difference?
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Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
Approved by authority; authorized.
sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal
Discharging an office or function.
* Sir Thomas Browne
Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
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, title= A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
A person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church.
A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service).
* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
At a diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador.
A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument.
* Bible, (w) xxiv. 13
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
to function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship
(archaic) To afford, to give, to supply.
* Bible, 2 Corinthians ix. 10
* Jeremy Taylor
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 1
As nouns the difference between official and minister
is that official is an office holder invested with powers and authorities while minister is minister (a person who is commissioned by the government for public service).As an adjective official
is of or pertaining to an office or public trust.official
English
(wikipedia official)Adjective
(en adjective)- official duties
- an official statement or report
- an official drug or preparation
- the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition
Antonyms
* unofficialNoun
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Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
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English
Noun
(en noun) (minister)- Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man.
- Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua.
- I chose / Camillo for the minister , to poison / My friend Polixenes.
Verb
(en verb)- A newspaper headline: Couple leaves business world to minister to inner-city children
- He that ministereth seed to the sower.
- We minister to God reason to suspect us.
- I do well believe your highness; and did it to / minister occasion to these gentlemen [...] (to give opportunity to these gentlemen)