Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A female minister, in any sense.
  • noun A mistress.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A woman who ministers.

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  • noun archaic A woman who ministers.

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Compare Latin ministrix.

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