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Webster 1828 Edition

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Attending and serving as a subordinate agent; serving under superior authority. Heb.1.

Affording aid or supplies; administering things needful.

ministering

ministering ‎(plural ministerings)

The act of one who ministers.
- 1896, Andrew Lang, A Monk of Fife
  I could not be in your daughter's company, and have the grace of her gentle ministerings.