ministering

Meaning of ministering

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. attend to the needs of (someone).
    her doctor was busy ministering to the injured
  2. act as a minister of religion.
    will these women be permitted to minister as priests?

Middle English (in minister (sense 2 of the noun)); also in the sense ‘a person acting under the authority of another’): from Old French ministre (noun), ministrer (verb), from Latin minister ‘servant’, from minus ‘less’.

Information about ministering

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of ministering

min-is-ter-ing

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
  • ministering is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

ministering synonyms

Meaning ministrant:

ministrant, attending

Meaning regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic:

tend

Meaning give medical and other attention to (a sick person):

nurse

Meaning behave towards or deal with in a certain way:

treat

Meaning make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources:

help

Meaning help (someone), typically by doing a share of the work:

assist

Meaning perform duties or services for (another person or an organization):

serve

Meaning (of a building or other area) provide lodging or sufficient space for:

accommodate

Meaning change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify:

doctor

Words that rhyme with ministering

Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing

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