ministrant

Example Sentences

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

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

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

The spirit of Chaos, from her uncharted tracts, summons her ministrant powers of Death and Change.

From The Masque of the Elements by Scheffauer, Herman George

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