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ministrant

[ min-uh-struhnt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

ministrant

/ ˈmɪnɪstrənt /

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

C17: from Latin ministrans, from ministrāre to wait upon

He proved a sympathetic though a desultory ministrant, and had in a wonderful degree the sentiment de la pose.

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

Not until this ministrant had seated herself at the foot of Miss Berber's couch did that lady refer to Stefan's request.

But the difference is felt when it cannot be defined; and on the spiritual life of the ministrant the effect is simply fatal.

Genius in her paused and slumbered: it had been as the ministrant of solitude: it was needed no more.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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