ministrant

[ min-uh-struhnt ]
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adjective
noun
  1. a person who ministers.

Origin of ministrant

1
1660–70; <Latin ministrant- (stem of ministrāns), present participle of ministrāre to serve. See minister, -ant

Other words from ministrant

  • sub·min·is·trant, adjective
  • un·min·is·trant, adjective

Words Nearby ministrant

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How to use ministrant in a sentence

  • He proved a sympathetic though a desultory ministrant, and had in a wonderful degree the sentiment de la pose.

  • The spirit of Chaos, from her uncharted tracts, summons her ministrant powers of Death and Change.

    The Masque of the Elements | Herman Scheffauer
  • Not until this ministrant had seated herself at the foot of Miss Berber's couch did that lady refer to Stefan's request.

    The Nest Builder | Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
  • But the difference is felt when it cannot be defined; and on the spiritual life of the ministrant the effect is simply fatal.

  • Genius in her paused and slumbered: it had been as the ministrant of solitude: it was needed no more.

    My Novel, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for ministrant

ministrant

/ (ˈmɪnɪstrənt) /


adjective
  1. ministering or serving as a minister

noun
  1. a person who ministers

Origin of ministrant

1
C17: from Latin ministrans, from ministrāre to wait upon

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