ministress
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English ministresse; equivalent to minister + -ess. Compare Latin ministrīx.
Noun
[edit]ministress (plural ministresses)
- (archaic) A woman who ministers.
- 1744, Mark Akenside, Pleasures of Imagination:
- Thus then at first was beauty sent from heaven,
The lovely ministress of truth and good
In this dark world.
Synonyms
[edit]- ministrix (rare)