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Definition of ministering angel in English: ministering angelnoun humorous A kind-hearted person, especially a woman, who nurses or comforts others. Example sentencesExamples - In William Wellman's ‘Night Nurse,’ she serves as ministering angel to a wounded bootlegger and two rich children being starved to death.
- They were women who idolized their children, worshipped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.
- Besides, she was a distinguished Indologist with her own career to pursue, whereas Elizabeth was a ministering angel.
- To many men, a nurse in a pub might just be mistaken for a ministering angel.
- I had chosen Mira because, apart from her ministering angel looks, she possessed both these qualities in ample amounts.
- They often descend in the guise of ministering angels to perform hidden deeds of mercy.
- Bob Geldolf rightly pointed out that not all women are ministering angels.
- Well, a ministering angel flew out of the night.
Origin Early 17th century: with biblical allusion to Mark 1:13. |