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MINISTRANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ministrant mean?
• MINISTRANT (noun)
The noun MINISTRANT has 1 sense:
1. someone who serves as a minister
Familiarity information: MINISTRANT used as a noun is very rare.
• MINISTRANT (adjective)
The adjective MINISTRANT has 1 sense:
1. giving practical help to
Familiarity information: MINISTRANT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who serves as a minister
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ministrant" is a kind of...):
curate; minister; minister of religion; parson; pastor; rector (a person authorized to conduct religious worship)
Derivation:
minister (work as a minister)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Giving practical help to
Context example:
the attending physician
Similar:
helpful (providing assistance or serving a useful function)
Derivation:
minister (attend to the wants and needs of others)
Context examples
"Here is to your health, ministrant spirit!" he said.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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