Bad Etymology

Elect, n. an élite predestined since the beginning of time for salvation by divine grace, hence election, n. the process whereby the democratic god of public opinion is graciously permitted to approve the eternally ordained policies of its invisible manipulators.

Minister, n. from Latin minor designating a person of lesser standing; hence a servant of a higher power; hence Prime Minister, n. the first in rank among those small conveniences which service the whims of the nation's owners.