Ministrix
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ministrix is a noun meaning (rare) A female minister.
Meaning
(rare) A female minister.
Example Sentences
When we had left the house, the little ministrix ran after us, apologised for her mistake, and returned us two marks.
She bequeathed £20 per year for life to her “beloved Sister Elizabeth Weekley,” daughter of Benjamin Blake, deceased; she gave £50 for the building of an Anabaptist parsonage house in Charlestown and £20 per year to the ministrix.
Funny thing, David Blamires, who writes on DJ, is a Quaker, and Tony Stoneburner, who wrote his thesis on him, is ‘a Baptist minister very well up on theology and church history, and his wife is a Presbyterian ministrix (or is it the other way round?)’.
Regarding The Veterinarian as the organ of neither individuals nor party in veterinary objects, but the property of all veterinarians, and the ministrix to their honour and weal, and the promoter, in every form, of improvement, I trust the Editors will give these remarks a place.
Synonyms for ministrix
Depending on context, synonyms include ministress.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include magistra, moderatrix, minchen, monitrix, moderatress, workmistress.
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