ministress

English

Etymology

From Middle English ministresse; equivalent to minister +‎ -ess. Compare Latin ministrīx.

Noun

ministress (plural ministresses)

  1. (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.

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