ministrant

Example Sentences

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

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Besides the celebrant there need be present only a ministrant.

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

That power ministrant, —— —— and with quick despatch Unfolds the Stygian doors, that jarring hoarse Slow on their adamantine hinges turn'd, And open'd to their ken the dread abyss, Unfathomably deep, mother of woes.

From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by Walker, William Sidney

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

Epaphroditus was no mere agent; he was a "ministrant," commissioned from a high quarter—the Philippians' love.

From Philippian Studies Lessons in Faith and Love from St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)