minister
noun
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
were 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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Though some of his nurses were ministering an gels, Hodgins laments the modern hospital's chronic shortage of hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still, he moved uneasily when he thought of the soft bed and the kindly hands that were ministering to the son of his enemy.
From From the Valley of the Missing by Grace Miller White
By 1634 some thirty Franciscans were ministering to 30,000 converts in forty-four missions and mission stations.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
Others were ministering to their hurts as best they might, muttering the thoughts that they dared not express aloud.
From Rim o' the World by Anton Otto Fischer
At the top of the flight of steps two apprentices, one nearly ‘out of his time,’ were ministering to the engine, which that morning did not happen to be running.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
