ministration [ min-uh -strey -shuh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
the act of ministering care, aid, religious service, etc. an instance of this.
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Origin of ministration 1300–50; Middle English
ministracioun <Latin
ministrātiōn- (stem of
ministrātiō ) service, equivalent to
ministrāt (
us ) (past participle of
ministrāre to serve; see
minister ) +
-iōn- -ion
OTHER WORDS FROM ministration min·is·tra·tive, adjective non·min·is·tra·tion, noun un·min·is·tra·tive, adjective
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benefit ,
care ,
compensation ,
cooperation ,
gift ,
relief ,
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subsidy ,
treatment ,
awareness ,
concern ,
recognition ,
regard ,
spotlight ,
control ,
protection ,
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trust ,
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How to use ministration in a sentence Finally the epithet of "deathless" gets some explanation, stemming from Golovan's fearless ministration s during a plague.
There is a sub-theme in The Accursed of medical history and its bizarre fads and ministration s.
Would her ministration s to the military be taken differently if she was older, grayer and a little less shapely?
Beauty The constant attention of the world requires the ministration s of her beauty elves: Deborah Mitchell Bee Venom facials.
Clergymen, as you are aware, dear madam, are constantly exposed to these annoyances in the course of their ministration s.
There lay the callow brood marked out by Nature and man, for her ministration s.
He was followed to the homes of poverty, and sick folk were visited, that the nature of his ministration s might be searched out.
It is evident that she has traveled this country over, and her ministration s have also extended to the old world.
The jeweler submitted only to the ministration s of Don Tiburcio, and even to them with marked distrust.
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British Dictionary definitions for ministration
noun
the act or an instance of serving or giving aid
the act or an instance of ministering religiously
Derived forms of ministration ministrative (ˈmɪnɪstrətɪv ), adjective Word Origin for ministration C14: from Latin ministrātiō, from ministrāre to wait upon
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