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
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 Melville, Herman
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 Brown, John Crombie
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)
In 525the worship of ancestors, which satisfies the daily religious needs of the people, every householder and every civil official is a ministrant.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris
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