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Definition :

Minister, an agent; one who acts not by an inherent authority, but under another.

In politics, one to whom a sovereign entrusts the administration of government. In Great Britain, the word ministry is used as a collective noun for the heads of departments in the State forming the Government and responsible to Parliament.

In religion, a pastor of a church, chapel, or meeting-house, etc.

Minister, in U.K., Ministers are appointed by the President and Governor of the States on the advice of the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers respectively. [Constitution of India, Art. 75(1) and Art. 164(1)]

Minister, is a person appointed by the head of a Government to take charge of some department of State, Webster American, Dictionary, p. 937.