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ministress|ˈmɪnɪstrɪs|
[f. minister n. + -ess. Cf. F. ministresse (Cotgr.).]
A woman who ministers or serves. Also transf. and fig.
1600Hosp. Incur. Fooles a j, Nature (diuine ministresse) contending..to imprint in them the seale and forme of Diuinitie. 1662J. Sparrow tr. Behme's Rem. Wks., Apol. conc. Perfect. 48 It should, as a Noble Ministresse or Maid of Honour to its Bridegroom the Soul, draw the Soul thereunto. 1744Akenside Pleas. Imag. i. 373 Thus was Beauty sent from heaven, The lovely ministress of truth and good In this dark world. 1891C. E. Norton Dante's Hell xxix. 159 The ministress of the High Lord—infallible Justice. |