Ministering

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Minister \Min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ministered}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Ministering}.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr.
     L. ministrare. See {Minister}, n.]
     To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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           He that ministereth seed to the sower.   --2 Cor. ix.
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           We minister to God reason to suspect us. --Jer. Taylor.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ministering
       adj : serving attendance on someone; "a ministering angel"; "the
             angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician"
             [syn: {ministrant}, {attending}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "ministering":
     accessory, adjuvant, agential, agentival, agentive, ancillary,
     assistant, assisting, attendant, attending, auxiliary, conducive,
     employable, facilitating, favoring, forwarding, fostering, handy,
     helpful, helping, instrumental, intermediary, mediating,
     mediatorial, menial, ministerial, ministrant, nurtural, nutricial,
     promoting, serviceable, servile, serving, servitorial, subservient,
     subsidiary, useful, waiting