ministrants

A substantial douceur to the "housekeeper" had facilitated this, for in the part of the Temple where lies Fig Tree Court the residents do not call their ministrants "laundresses," but "housekeepers."

Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892

The two religions differ in their ritual development: while the Inca, like the Chinese emperor, was the religious head of the nation, the Peruvians created an elaborate system of worship, with temples and ministrants, which is wanting in

Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877

The international meeting of ministrants was organized by the Coetus Internationalis Ministrantium, a group set up in Altenberg Cologne, Germany in 1960 and dedicated to the spiritual formation of lay people committed to liturgical service.

General Audience: “Heart full of sorrow” Argent 2006

See it I cannot, nor the altar and its ministrants.

Roundabout Papers 2006

But she will care for me, in her way: these hands will be the gentle ministrants of every comfort I can taste.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

From Prior Robert's pale, elegant fingers to Guy's smooth brown fist, last of the ministrants, they performed their ritual dance and held all eyes.

The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

From Prior Robert's pale, elegant fingers to Guy's smooth brown fist, last of the ministrants, they performed their ritual dance and held all eyes.

The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

As one, the warcraft and their ministrants aimed themselves at the star called Virgil, to find the man who would be Emperor.

The Rebel Worlds Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1972

Distressed at this desertion of his heavenly ministrants, he fasted and prayed; but an angel appeared to him and comforted him, saying that the angels were permitted to accompany Ciaran on account of his holiness, but that they would return again to Aran.

The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints Anonymous

The service itself was in great part musical, the confident notes of the full choir joining with the resonant organ-tones; and after all the rest the richly robed priests and ministrants passed along the aisles in stately processions enveloped in fragrant clouds of incense.

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher