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

The Wind, Silence, and Love: yes, I think of them as good comrades, nobly ministrant, priests of the hidden way.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona

In 525the worship of ancestors, which satisfies the daily religious needs of the people, every householder and every civil official is a ministrant.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Jastrow, Morris

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 Melville, Herman