ministress
English
Etymology
From minister + -ess. Compare Latin ministrīx.
Noun
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.
- Thus then at first was beauty sent from heaven,
- 1744, Mark Akenside, Pleasures of Imagination
Synonyms
- ministrix
Anagrams
- misinserts