ministrant

Example Sentences

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

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

We opened the little gate that led to a large stone crucifix in front of the chapel, and found the vestry-clerk and a boy ministrant waiting for us in the entry.

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Jókai, Mór

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

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

Now shall I live a ministrant of gods and slave to Cybebe?

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir