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iconographic (medicine)


iconographic


1. Of or pertaining to iconography.

2. Representing by means of pictures or diagrams; as, an icongraphic encyclopaedia.

Source: Websters Dictionary


minister(1) (iou)



minister noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French ministre from Latin minister, from minus less, adverb corresp. to minor MINOR adjective, parallel in formation to correl. magister MASTER noun1.]
a. A person acting under the authority or as an agent of another; spec. (a) a law officer; (b) a subordinate officer, an underling. Now rare. ME.
S. Johnson The community, of which the magistrate is only the minister.
b. A person or thing employed or used to achieve a purpose or intention, convey a gift, etc. Foll. by of. Now rare exc. as passing into sense 2. LME.
H. P. Liddon The Angels are ministers of the Divine Will.
Ecclesiastical.
a. A person, esp. an ordained one, with a certain liturgical ministry or function; a member of the clergy, esp. in a Protestant Church, responsible for leading or coordinating preaching, public worship, and pastoral care in a particular church, chapel, community, etc.; a pastor. ME.
minister of Religion (esp. in official use) a member of the clergy of any denomination.
George Eliot Something between the Catholic priest and the dissenting minister. L. M. Montgomery That's the way the ministers say it in church. R. A. Knox You will want human ministers to dispense the sacraments.
b. A functionary or official of a Religion Other than Christianity. Long rare. LME.
c. Roman Catholic Church. (The title of) the superior of certain religious orders. Also minister General. LME.
a. A servant, an attendant. LME-L18.
b. A person who ministers to the wants of another. arch. E19.
Politics. (Also Minister.)
a. A person appointed to act for a head of State etc. in a particular government department; a person in charge of a government department; a Secretary of State. E17.
Foreign Minister: see FOREIGN. Minister of State a minister in the British Government, esp. one holding a rank below that of a head of department. Minister of the Crown a minister or head of a department in the British Government. minister premier: see PREMIER adjective 1. Minister without Portfolio a minister in the British Government, with Cabinet rank but not in charge of a specific department. premier minister: see PREMIER adjective 1. Prime Minister: see PRIME adjective.
M. E. G. Duff The King..immediately dismissed his Ministers. Daily Mirror At a Cabinet meeting some Ministers..complained that the Chancellor had got it all wrong.
b. A diplomatic agent officially representing a State or sovereign in a foreign country, esp. one ranking below an ambassador. E18.
A fish: = horn pout s.v. HORN noun & adjective. US. M19.
ministership noun the office or position of a minister M16.
ministral adjective (rare) pertaining to a minister or agent E18-M19.