ministrant

Example Sentences

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

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

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

How will the Gods and saints partake The offerings that the prince would make, And he a vile and outcast thing, His ministrant one born a king?

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)