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minister

2 verb
     
minister2 [intransitive]
to work as a priest:
Rev Wilson spent 20 years ministering in some of New York's poorest areas.

minister to somebody/something

phrasal verb
to give help to someone who needs it, especially someone who is sick or old:
She spent much time ministering to the sick.
ministering to the needs of other people
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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