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Definition of Ministering
1. minister [v] - See also: minister
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ministering
Literary usage of Ministering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1887)
"In those humble homes warm welcomes and pleasant smiles are always ready for the
ministering child who has given a little time from play, a little money, ..."
2. Sermons on Several Occasions by John Wesley (1855)
"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall
be heirs of salvation ?" Heb. i, 14. 1. MANY of the ancient heathens had ..."
3. New Testament Illustrations: Comprising Choice Selections, Anecdotes by William Basil Jones (1875)
"ministering TO HIM. For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat : I was thirsty,
and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in. ..."
4. The Christian Examiner (1845)
"V.—ministering SPIRITS. THERE is, of course, but one Object of worship; ...
And are there not also " ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them ..."
5. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by Robert M. Hartley, American Bible Society, Wightman family (1875)
"7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching;
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; ..."
6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... the ministering angels have no access (Talmud, Nedarim 32a). The essence of
the angels is fire; they sustain .themselves in fire; their fiery breath ..."
7. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... this our parish and church by reason of the effort made to make the most of
the greater opportunity thus offered for ministering to those who had need. ..."
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