ministration
1Ministration — Min is*tra tion, n. [L. ministratio, fr. ministrare.] The act of ministering; service; ministry. The days of his ministration. Luke i. 23. [1913 Webster] …
2ministration — (n.) mid 14c., the action of ministering or serving, from O.Fr. ministration or directly from L. ministrationem (nom. ministratio), noun of action from pp. stem of ministrare to serve (see MINISTER (Cf. minister) (v.)) …
3ministration — index administration, aid (help), aid (subsistence), attendance, behalf, bureaucracy, direction …
4ministration — ► NOUN 1) (ministrations) chiefly formal or humorous the provision of assistance or care. 2) the services of a minister of religion or of a religious institution. 3) the action of administering the sacrament. DERIVATIVES ministrant noun …
5ministration — [min΄is trā′shən] n. [ME ministracion < L ministratio < pp. of ministrare, to MINISTER] 1. MINISTRY (sense 2a) 2. administration, as of a sacrament 3. the act or an instance of giving help or care; service ministrative adj …
6ministration — ministrative, adj. /min euh stray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of ministering care, aid, religious service, etc. 2. an instance of this. [1300 50; ME ministracioun < L ministration (s. of ministratio) service, equiv. to ministrat(us) (ptp. of… …
7ministration — n. 1 (usu. in pl.) aid or service (the kind ministrations of his neighbours). 2 ministering, esp. in religious matters. 3 (usu. foll. by of) the supplying (of help, justice, etc.). Derivatives: ministrant adj. & n. ministrative adj. Etymology: ME …
8ministration — noun Date: 14th century the act or process of ministering …
9ministration — noun the act of ministering …
10ministration — Synonyms and related words: aid, assistance, attendance, benefit, comfort, ease, employ, employment, good offices, help, ministry, office, offices, peonage, protection, relief, remedy, rescue, serfdom, service, servitium, servitorship, servitude …
