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ministrant

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min·is·trant  (mn-strnt)
n.
One who ministers.
adj.
Serving attendance on someone.
[From Latin ministrns, ministrant-, present participle of ministrre, to serve, from minister, servant; see minister.]
ministrant [ˈmɪnɪstrənt]
adj
ministering or serving as a minister
n
a person who ministers
[from Latin ministrans, from ministrāre to wait upon]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ministrant - someone who serves as a minister
curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector - a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
Adj.1.ministrant - giving practical help to; "a ministering angel"; "the angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician"
helpful - providing assistance or serving a useful function


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I can at will, doubt not, as soon as thou, Command a table in this wilderness, And call swift flights of Angels ministrant, Arrayed in glory, on my cup to attend: Why shouldst thou, then, obtrude this diligence In vain, where no acceptance it can find?
Paradise Regained by Milton, John View in context
Thus saying, from his radiant Seat he rose Of high collateral glorie: him Thrones and Powers, Princedoms, and Dominations ministrant Accompanied to Heaven Gate, from whence EDEN and all the Coast in prospect lay.
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
The service itself was in great part musical, the confident notes of the full choir joining with the resonant organ-tones; and after all the rest the richly robed priests and ministrants passed along the aisles in stately processions enveloped in fragrant clouds of incense.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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