ministrant

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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

On the whole subject of the use of the skins of animals as clothing of the god or the ministrant, see Lobeck, Aglaoph., pp. 188-186, and Robertson Smith, op. cit.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

Why must you, who give me heart and power, as nothing else did or could, to do well—concern yourself with what might be done by any good, kind ministrant only fit for such offices?

From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Browning, Robert

Angels, ministrant, shall fly From their dazzling upper zones, Charged by heaven's Majesty Him to keep from crushing stones.

From The Kentucky Ranger by Curnick, Edward T.