ministrant
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Etymology
Origin of ministrant
1660–70; < Latin ministrant- (stem of ministrāns ), present participle of ministrāre to serve. See minister, -ant
Example Sentences
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“Here is to your health, ministrant spirit!” he said.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The ministrant addressed the postulant, “Brother, dost thou wish to give thyself to our faith?”
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles
That power ministrant, —— —— and with quick despatch Unfolds the Stygian doors, that jarring hoarse Slow on their adamantine hinges turn'd, And open'd to their ken the dread abyss, Unfathomably deep, mother of woes.
From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by Walker, William Sidney
How will the Gods and saints partake The offerings that the prince would make, And he a vile and outcast thing, His ministrant one born a king?
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
On the whole subject of the use of the skins of animals as clothing of the god or the ministrant, see Lobeck, Aglaoph., pp. 188-186, and Robertson Smith, op. cit.
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew
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