minister vs vizier

minister

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

  • 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. 

  • 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 

vizier

noun
  • The highest-ranking official or minister in ancient Egypt or Ebla; a chief administrator or a chancellor. 

  • A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right. 

  • An ancient Mesopotamian 𒈛 (sukkal). 

  • A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire. 

  • vicegerent, viceroy 

How often have the words minister and vizier occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )