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
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“Here is to your health, ministrant spirit!” he said.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Meek, patient, steadfast, she devotes herself to every duty and right that life has left to her; and the dark-garmented Piagnone moves about the busy scene a white-robed ministrant of mercy and love.
From The Ethics of George Eliot's Works by John Crombie Brown
Later, the druid bids Gwennole build a Christian sanctuary on the spot where "the belated ministrant of a fallen faith" died beside Gradlon Maur, the Great King.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
In front of the standing ministrant is a vase of offerings, usually a triple Kan figure, and in two cases with knives.
From Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs by William Gates
The Wind, Silence, and Love: yes, I think of them as good comrades, nobly ministrant, priests of the hidden way.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
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