We minister to God reason to suspect us.
Jer. Taylor.
Min"is*ter, v. i. 1. To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to
attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.
The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister.
Matt. xx. 28.
2. To supply or to things needful; esp., to supply consolation or
remedies. Matt. xxv. 44.
Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased?
Shak.
Min`is*te"ri*al (?), a. [L. ministerialis: cf. F. ministériel. See
Minister, and cf. Minstrel.]