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ministrant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ministrant has 1 sense
- ministrant(n = noun.person) Array - someone who serves as a minister; Array is a kind of curate, minister, minister of religion, parson, pastor, rector
Derived form verb minister2
Adjective ministrant has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
ministrant, a. [L. ministrans, -antis, of ministrare to minister.].
Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
ministrant
Aid
N aid, aidance, assistance, help, opitulation, succor, support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion, coadjuvancy, patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy, sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition, nourishment, eutrophy, manna in the wilderness, food, means, ministry, ministration, subministration, accommodation, relief, rescue, help at a dead lift, supernatural aid, deus ex machina, supplies, reinforcements, reenforcements, succors, contingents, recruits, support, adjunct, ally, aiding, auxiliary, adjuvant, helpful, coadjuvant, subservient, ministrant, ancillary, accessory, subsidiary, at one's beck, at one's beck and call, friendly, amicable, favorable, propitious, well-disposed, neighborly, obliging, with the aid, by the aid of, on behalf of, in behalf of, in aid of, in the service of, in the name of, in favor of, in furtherance of, on account of, for the sake of, on the part of, non obstante, Int, help!, save us!, to the rescue!, alterum alterius auxilio eget, God befriend us as our cause is just, at your service.
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