ministrant

[min-uh-struhnt]

adjective

1. ministering.

noun

1. a person who ministers.

ministrant

/ ˈmɪnɪstrənt /

adjective

1. ministering or serving as a minister

noun

1. a person who ministers

Other Word Forms

• subministrant adjective
• unministrant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ministrant¹

1660–70; < Latin ministrant- (stem of ministrāns ), present participle of ministrāre to serve. See minister, -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of ministrant¹

C17: from Latin ministrans, from ministrāre to wait upon

Example Sentences

“Here is to your health, ministrant spirit!” he said.

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Abandoned by the cluster of ministrants who had obscured her as the last rites were being offered, Guenever stood like a beacon.

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It consisted in the imposition of hands, it required two ministrants, and could be performed by any one of the Perfected not in mortal sin—even by a woman.

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Some three hundred priests served the shrine and there were numerous minor ministrants.

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Her father was passive, her brothers were des Ageaux's most eager ministrants.

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