ministration

noun

min·​is·​tra·​tion ˌmi-nə-ˈstrā-shən How to pronounce ministration (audio)
: the act or process of ministering

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The condemned received the ministrations of a priest, and had the opportunity to repent and receive absolution. Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 13 Mar. 2023 Van Noten ends his flower-gathering mission in the Rose Garden, which, in his country’s rain-sodden climate (and with the tender ministrations of the estate’s three full-time gardeners), has bloomed to opulent maturity in just three years. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2024 Audi engineers have had some fun fettling the underpinnings of the GT, which, with all the ministrations of carbon fiber, carbon-ceramic brakes, and whatnot, loses a mere 33 pounds and weighs in at a still substantial 4,565 pounds. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024 On this occasion, the diversions include the ministrations of choreographer JaQuel Knight, a veteran of Beyoncé’s productions, who puts the dancers through explosive workouts, in hip-hop and house-dancing sequences. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for ministration 

Word History

Etymology

Middle English ministracioun, borrowed from Latin ministrātiōn-, ministrātiō, from ministrāre "to act as a servant, serve, minister entry 2" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ministration was in the 14th century

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“Ministration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ministration. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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