minister of religion

1. The minister knew well that he was himself enshrined within the stainless sanctity of her heart, which hung its snowy curtains about his image, imparting to religion the warmth of love, and to love a religious purity.
   牧师深知，他本人就供奉在她心灵的无理的圣殿之中，并用她雪白的心灵的帷幔罩着他的肖像，将爱情的温暖融进宗教，并将宗教的纯洁融进爱情。
2. He is a minister of religion, so called.
   他是所谓的宗教部长。
3. A friend of mine had himself ordained a minister of his own religion.
   我有个信教的朋友，他也任命自己为牧师。
4. When Li Hongzhang held the post of the Governor of Zhili and the Minister of Beiyang after Tianjin Religion Case in1870, Huai Group began to transfer its own power to Beiyang slowly.
   自同治九年（1870）天津教案后李鸿章担任直隶总督兼北洋大臣开始，淮系势力的基地逐渐转移到北洋。

noun

1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
   1. clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches

   Synonym:    curateministerparsonpastorrector