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View synonyms for ministrant

ministrant

[ min-uh-struhnt ]

adjective



noun

  1. a person who ministers.

ministrant

/ ˈmɪnɪstrənt /

adjective

  1. ministering or serving as a minister
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who ministers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • sub·minis·trant adjective
  • un·minis·trant adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ministrant1

1660–70; < Latin ministrant- (stem of ministrāns ), present participle of ministrāre to serve. See minister, -ant
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ministrant1

C17: from Latin ministrans, from ministrāre to wait upon
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Example Sentences

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

Abandoned by the cluster of ministrants who had obscured her as the last rites were being offered, Guenever stood like a beacon.

It consisted in the imposition of hands, it required two ministrants, and could be performed by any one of the Perfected not in mortal sin—even by a woman.

Some three hundred priests served the shrine and there were numerous minor ministrants.

Her father was passive, her brothers were des Ageaux's most eager ministrants.

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