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† subminiˈstration Obs.
[ad. late L. subministrātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. subministrāre to subminister. Cf. OF. soub-, subministration (Cotgr.).]
The action of subministering; ministering support; provision, supply.
1582N.T. (Rhem.) Eph. iv. 16 The whole body being..knit together by al juncture of subministration. Ibid. Phil. i. 19 By your praier and the subministration of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 1606J. King Serm. Sept. 39 Nourishment and raiment, and the subministration of necessary things. 1623Bp. Hall Gt. Impostor Wks. (1634) 462 The subministration of Vitall spirits, to the maintenance of the whole frame. 1678Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. iii. 57 Subministration of occasions.
So † subˈministrator, one who provides or supplies.
1611Cotgr., Subministrateur, a subministrator. 1625tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. i. 81 Some Marchants, which..became subministrators to the enemies of Christianity. |