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ministered

US/ˈmɪnɪstɚd/

ministered is the simple past and past participle of minister.

Meaning of minister

Verb

minister (third-person singular simple present ministers, present participle ministering, simple past and past participle ministered)

  1. (intransitive) To attend to (the needs of); to tend; to take care (of); to give aid; to give service.
  2. (intransitive) To function as a clergyman or as the officiant in church worship.
  3. (archaic, transitive) To afford, to give, to supply.
    • I do vvell beleeue your Highneſſe, and did it to miniſter occaſion to theſe Gentlemen, […]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

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Words that rhyme with ministered

Questions about ministered

What is ministered the simple past and past participle of?
Ministered is the simple past and past participle of minister.
How do you pronounce ministered?
Ministered is pronounced /ˈmɪnɪstɚd/ (US).

Words near ministered in the dictionary

  1. ministate
  2. ministates
  3. minister
  4. minister without portfolio
  5. minister-president
  6. ministered
  7. ministerer
  8. ministerers
  9. ministerest
  10. ministereth
  11. ministeria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ministered (page history and authors); minister (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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