minister
noun
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
are ministering
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present progressiveof minister.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Surgeons, with never tiring energy, are ministering to their wants, giving them food, dressing their wounds or standing at the operating table removing the shattered fragments of limbs.
From Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 by George T. Stevens
Angels are ministering spirits and are sent forth to minister to those who shall be the heirs of salvation.
From War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ by David Low Dodge
They have done this by conducting all the departments of their work with the view of developing the gifts of the people to whom they are ministering.
From The Leaven in a Great City by Lillian William Betts
It has been shown that, during sleep, the body perspires most freely, while yet neither food nor exercise are ministering to its wants.
From American Woman's Home by Catharine Esther Beecher
Vasari says "certain women are ministering to her." but in Lasinio's engraving they are not to be found.
From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
