minister vs temple

minister

noun
  • A person who is trained to preach, to perform religious ceremonies, and to afford pastoral care at a Protestant church. 

  • A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument. 

  • A politician who heads a ministry (national or regional government department for public service). 

  • In diplomacy, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador. 

verb
  • 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 

temple

noun
  • Any place regarded as holding a religious presence. 

  • A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together. 

  • Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for. 

  • The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear. 

  • A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. 

  • Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue. 

  • As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals. 

  • A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith. 

  • A Buddhist monastery, as opposed to a Shinto shrine. 

  • A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members. 

  • Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them. 

  • Any place seen as an important centre for some activity. 

verb
  • To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god 

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