Ministress

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A woman who ministers. archaic

    "Thus then at first was beauty sent from heaven, The lovely ministress of truth and good In this dark world."

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"Thus then at first was beauty sent from heaven, The lovely ministress of truth and good In this dark world."

Etymology

From Middle English ministresse; equivalent to minister + -ess. Compare Latin ministrīx.

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