ministress
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)