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Minister vs Rector - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between minister and rector

is that minister is a person who is trained to perform religious ceremonies at a Protestant church while rector is in the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.

As a verb minister

is to attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.

As a proper noun Rector is

an English surname; derived from the German surname Richter.

minister

English

Noun

(en noun) (minister)
  • 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)
    • Ministers to kings, whose eyes, ears, and hands they are, must be answerable to God and man.
  • 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
    • Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • I chose / Camillo for the minister , to poison / My friend Polixenes.

    Related terms

    * ministerial * ministry * ministerium

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
    • A newspaper headline: Couple leaves business world to minister to inner-city children
  • to function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship
  • (archaic) To afford, to give, to supply.
  • * Bible, 2 Corinthians ix. 10
    • He that ministereth seed to the sower.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • We minister to God reason to suspect us.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 1
    • I do well believe your highness; and did it to / minister occasion to these gentlemen [...] (to give opportunity to these gentlemen)

    See also

    * cleric * father * parson * pastor * priest * vicar

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    Anagrams

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    rector

    English

    Alternative forms

    * rectour (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.
  • * , chapter=10
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector' s face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
  • In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.
  • A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.

    • Related terms

    * rectorate * rectorial * rectory * rectrix