ministrant

Example Sentences

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

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

Meek, patient, steadfast, she devotes herself to every duty and right that life has left to her; and the dark-garmented Piagnone moves about the busy scene a white-robed ministrant of mercy and love. 

From The Ethics of George Eliot's Works by Brown, John Crombie

Besides the celebrant there need be present only a ministrant.

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Luther, Martin