I.employing oneself before:
1.a servant that goes before one, an attendant, minister, Aesch., Eur., etc.: a rower, Pind.
2.one who serves a god, a minister, Hhymn., Ar.:—generally, a temple-servant, bedel, like νεωκόρος, Hdt., Ar., etc.
II.as adj. ministering to a thing, devoted to it, Pind.