ministrant

Example Sentences

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“Here is to your health, ministrant spirit!” he said.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

She was unwearied in efforts to alleviate the sufferings and the weary hours of the countess, whose fervent gratitude re-acted to enhance to enthusiasm the interest of the fair ministrant.

From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville

The first regular ministrant to the German congregation at Philadelphia was the Swede, John Eneberg, and it is probable that it was organized by him.

From The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America by Schmucker, Beale M.

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

"So worked Mind: its tribe433 Of senses ministrant above, below, Far, near, or now or haply long ago Brought to pass knowledge."

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald