minister
noun
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
was ministering
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past progressiveof minister.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It was as if he was ministering to me as much as I was ministering to him.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2024
The most difficult part of Ms Hargreaves' work was ministering to distressed relatives.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2022
At the time, Holland was a successful businessman in the CSX Transportation company and was ministering to youth in his spare time.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2020
Rogers was, after all, not a physician but a minister, and ultimately he was ministering to an aspect of human wholeness that cannot be analyzed by blood tests or visualized with CT scans.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2018
“Ah, le petit bon homme vit encore!” cried Antoine, hearing the voice and bending over from his seat on the after-thwart, being anxious as to the condition of the patients to whom Jacques was ministering.
From Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel by John B. Greene
