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
In the centre of the window, gazing out in a distrait manner over piles of apples and grape-fruit, a white-robed ministrant at a stove juggled ceaselessly with buckwheat cakes.
From Jill the Reckless by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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
The first regular ministrant to the German congregation at Philadelphia was the Swede, John Eneberg, and it is probable that it was organized by him.
From The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America by Schmucker, Beale M.
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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