ministrant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- subministrant adjective
- unministrant adjective
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 chiefs ministrant bore His person, and enacted before the eyes of the observant people the work of Christ’s Incarnation and Redemption, presenting it to God the Father.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
Well, this prevailed, and the lot fell on me, Unlucky man! to be the ministrant Of this fair service.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
Why must you, who give me heart and power, as nothing else did or could, to do well—concern yourself with what might be done by any good, kind ministrant only fit for such offices?
From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert
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
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