ministrant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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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
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 T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
Kindest ministrant to man, Long be jocund years before you, And no meaner fortune than Helen's gracious hand to pour you!
From Mince Pie by Christopher Morley
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
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 Henry Charles Lea
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