ministrant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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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
We opened the little gate that led to a large stone crucifix in front of the chapel, and found the vestry-clerk and a boy ministrant waiting for us in the entry.
From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai
Revived at last, he inclined towards his ministrant, and, in a voice disastrous with a cough, said:—"I am old and miserable, a poor beggar, not worth a shoestring—how can I repay you?"
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
Besides the celebrant there need be present only a ministrant.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther
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 Andrew Lang
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