Ministering
[mɪnɪstərɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Minister
Checker: Truman
Examples
- As to the idea of releasing himself by ministering to the sharpness of Dodson & Fogg, it never for an instant entered his thoughts. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As Johnny murmured something in his placid admiration, the ministering women at his bed's head asked him what he said. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Whatever credit it receives, whatever reverence we give it, is derived from its utility in ministering to those concrete experiences which are as obvious and as undefinable as color or sound. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I delight to find her at fault; and were I always resident with her, I am aware she would be no niggard in thus ministering to my enjoyment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Truman