ministrant

Example Sentences

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

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Nobilibusque trahunt, a cincto corde, venenum, Succis et gemmis, et quæ generosa, ministrant Ars, et natura, instillant.

From Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel by Donne, John

The chiefs ministrant bore His person, and enacted before the eyes of the observant people the work of Christ’s Incarnation and Redemption, presenting it to God the Father.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

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.

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