ministrant
Example Sentences
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“Here is to your health, ministrant spirit!” he said.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The gospel narrative gives a prominent place to woman,--as a believer in Christ, as His devoted follower and constant ministrant, and also as a faithful and unswerving witness to His wondrous works.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
Later, the druid bids Gwennole build a Christian sanctuary on the spot where "the belated ministrant of a fallen faith" died beside Gradlon Maur, the Great King.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
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 Herman Melville
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
