单词 | ministering |
释义 | ministeringn. The action of minister v. (in various senses); ministration, administration; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > [noun] > administering administrationc1350 ministeringc1400 ministration1421 the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying usea1382 purveyancea1387 administration?a1425 application?a1425 ministration?a1425 purveying1442 findingc1449 administering1468 liveryc1475 storing1494 furnishing1496 nourishinga1530 ministering1530 conference1545 applial1548 affording1574 supplying1586 supplyment1589 accommodation1612 suppeditation1612 furniturea1649 supplial1738 purveyal1877 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] > administration of treatment administration?a1425 application?a1425 medicining?a1425 ministration?a1425 ministering1530 physicking1610 exhibiting1620 adhibition1654 exhibition1785 medicamenting1823 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > service of servicec1384 church servicea1400 ministration1535 ministry1560 ministering1566 ministerialism1884 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > performance of with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290 solemnity1390 solemnization1447 observancea1450 solennizationc1450 solemnation1470 celebration1483 superstition1513 ministration1535 celebrating1547 solemnizing1565 ministering1566 solemnize1590 solemniation1631 officiating1640 exercise1656 exercitation1660 officiation1804 altar service1831 ritual1865 society > authority > subjection > service > [noun] > action of serving ministrationc1384 ministryc1384 servingc1400 tendinga1616 administration1676 ministering1828 c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Tim. (Selwyn) (1904) iii. 9 (MED) Dekenes also ben chaste..noȝt y-ȝeue to myche wyn..bote hafynge þe mynystrynge of feiþ in a clene consyence. c1475 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 437 Prests shulden have betere ordre in minstryng of sacraments. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 583/1 I heale one by mynystrynge of medycines to hym, je medicine. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. x. D Some of them had the ouersight of the mynistrynge vessell. 1566 (title) A briefe discourse against the outwarde apparrell and ministring garments of the Popishe church. 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. xii. 7 Or ministery, let vs wait, on our ministring . View more context for this quotation 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xiii. (heading) The Bishop of Ely excuseth his ministring in the chapel by reason thereof. 1828 C. Lamb Capt. Jackson in Elia 2nd Ser. 190 The anxious ministerings about you. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 6 The lonely Hall, Whose Friday fare was Enoch's ministering. 1901 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 412/2 The Church of Ireland clergy as a rule do a deal of ministering to the Roman Catholic sick and poor. 1963 Times 8 May 14/6 Bad health had forced him to give up ministering in Scotland and to move to London in 1886. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ministeringadj. 1. That ministers or serves; serving as a subordinate agent; performing helpful services; administering, officiating. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [adjective] > officiating ministering1535 officiating1868 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [adjective] > serving ministering1654 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [adjective] > celebrating solemnizing1614 conficient1629 officiating1640 officiative1653 ministering1654 liturgistical1889 society > authority > subjection > service > [adjective] > serving or performing a service servingc1384 ministrant1558 inservient1646 officiala1682 ministering1764 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adjective] > instrumental instrumentala1398 mediate?1504 organic1509 ministerial?1544 instrumentaryc1595 organical1605 subservient1624 ministering1886 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Heb. i. A Are they [sc. Angels] not all mynistrynge spretes? 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus i. sig. B Euery ministring Spie That will accuse, and sweare, is Lord of you. View more context for this quotation 1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence 71 The Greek Church universally taught that the Consecration was made by the prayers of the ministring man. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 225 We are ministring Spirits, sent forth to minister for those that shall be Heirs of Salvation. View more context for this quotation 1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions v. 55 He has apparently posted an Army of ministring Spirits..round this Convex, this Globe the Earth. 1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 3 Is it your worship's will that I lend a ministring hand to the maim'd? 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ix. 21/2 Those ministering Sheriffs and Lord-Lieutenants and Hangmen and Tipstaves. 1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 27 Though despotic, [both monarchs] were conscious of the ministering nature of their office. 1912 J. Conrad Secret Sharer i, in 'Twixt Land & Sea 103 The steward flitted along the main-deck, a busily ministering spirit. 1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking v. xviii. 354 I tasted them first under the ministering hand of Karl Ratzsch III, whose grandfather emigrated to Milwaukee. 2. ministering angel n. (a) an angel who ministers to God (in quot. 1592: Lucifer); (b) a kind-hearted person, esp. a woman, who nurses, aids, or comforts others. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > person well-willing1340 good doerc1400 well-doerc1400 sootc1430 well-willer1443 benefeterc1449 benevoler?1488 benefactor1532 good-willera1541 well-wisher?1576 ministering angel1592 well-meaner1597 angel1598 obliger1634 Samaritan1640 well-woulder1643 obligator1798 benevolist1825 living doll1961 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > one who or that which consoles or relieves > specific female or usually female comfortressc1430 consolatricea1513 confortatrice1516 ministering angel1592 relieveress1631 consolatrix1632 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. K2 Lucifer..retaining that pride wherewith he arrogantly affected the Maiestie of God, hath still his ministring Angels about him. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. i. 236 A ministring Angell shall my sister be. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xlvi. 326 ‘Ah!’ cried Julie, bursting into tears, ‘he is the ministering angel of benevolence!’ 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. xxxi. 362 O, woman!.. When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! 1850 F. E. von Koch Let. 8 Aug. in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 72 She was a ministering angel to my then necessities. 1924 A. Huxley Little Mexican 140 Emmy was good, was kind, a ministering angel. 1956 F. F. Darling Pelican in Wilderness i. 10 The air hostess..remained throughout the gentle ministering angel, imperturbable as she picked her way through the shambles. 1974 W. Foley Child in Forest ii. 188 She came in her nurse's uniform, and I thought ‘ministering angel’ a very apt description. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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