Definition of ministration in English:
ministration
noun
usually ministrations1 formal, humorous The provision of assistance or care.
- ‘the kitchen was made spotless by the ministrations of a cleaning lady’
attention, treatment, help, assistance, aid, care, services, succour, relief, support2The services of a minister of religion or of a religious institution.
- ‘the ministrations of Father Martin’
act of assistance, good turn, favour, kindness, helping hand- 2.1The action of administering the sacrament.
- ‘the celebration and ministration of the sacraments’
Pronunciation
Origin
Late Middle English from Latin ministratio(n-), from ministrare ‘wait upon’, from minister (see minister).
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