minister
noun
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
have ministered
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present perfectof minister.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Among them are nuns in the U.S. who have ministered empathetically to LGBTQ+ Catholics, and took note when the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence made news last month.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
“It is impossible to put into words just how much we are going to miss our friends with whom we have ministered for so long,” Wester wrote.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2020
I have never experienced losing everything, but I have ministered to people who have.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2017
As a pastor with more than a half-century of experience of working with fallible people, I have ministered to a few men who have experienced moral collapse.
From Time ● Jul. 5, 2016
I hoped to have spent the Christmas holidays with you, and to have ministered to you in holy things; but the weakness of my body confining me here, I humbly submit to the Divine dispensation....
From Fletcher of Madeley by Frederic W. Macdonald
