ministrationn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪnᵻˈstreɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌmɪnəˈstreɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: Middle English ministracione, Middle English ministracioun, Middle English minstracion, Middle English minstracioun, Middle English mynistracioun, Middle English mynystracioun, Middle English mynystracyoun, Middle English mynystrasyon, Middle English mynystratioun, Middle English–1500s ministracion, Middle English–1500s ministracyon, Middle English–1500s mynistracion, Middle English–1500s mynystracion, Middle English–1500s mynystracyon, Middle English– ministration; Scottish pre-1700 menistratioun, pre-1700 ministracion, pre-1700 ministracioun, pre-1700 ministratione, pre-1700 ministratioun, pre-1700 minstracioun, pre-1700 minystracioun, pre-1700 mynistratioun, pre-1700 mynystracion, pre-1700 mynystratyown, pre-1700 1700s– ministration.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ministrātiōn-, ministrātiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin ministrātiōn-, ministrātiō service, attendance, arrangement, provision, in post-classical Latin also performance of ecclesiastical office (Vetus Latina), that which is administered (4th cent.), administration of the sacraments (c1500 in a British source) < ministrāt- , past participial stem of ministrāre minister v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ministracion , ministration (13th cent. in sense ‘administration’, mid 14th cent. in sense ‘service’: compare the commoner administration administration n.), Old Occitan ministratio (c1350), Portuguese †ministração (13th cent. as miistraçom), Spanish ministración (13th cent.; now rare).

a. The action or an act of ministering, tending, or serving; the rendering of service, aid, care, or attention. Now usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > [noun] > action of serving

ministrationc1384

ministryc1384

servingc1400

tendinga1616

administration1676

ministering1828

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) 2 Cor. iii. 7–8 If the mynistracioun of deeth defformyd by lettris in stoones was in glorie..hou not more the mynistracioun of spirit schal be in glorie?

a1425 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Laud) in Psalter (1884) 524 Grete thing he did til hur in quantite of grace, gretter in mynystracyon of Aungell.

a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 104 The saule of man in the body has proper operacioun without help wse or ministracioun of the body.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlix^v Let them not be couetous, nor for theyr ministration extorte money gredelye.

a1683 J. Owen True Nature Gospel Church in Wks. (1853) XVI. 110 Ministration unto the poor of the Church, for the supply of their temporal necessities is an ordinance of Christ.

1712 M. Henry Daily Commun. God (1847) ii. 126 What a security is the ministration of those good spirits against the malice of evil spirits!

1798 S. T. Coleridge Dungeon in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 140 With other ministrations thou, O nature! Healest thy wandering and distempered child.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 197 Nor is any one to be blamed for doing any honourable service or ministration to any man.

1898 Harper's Mag. Oct. 784/1 He was put down on the big horse-hair sofa in the parlor, and given over to the ministration of Willy King.

1939 M. Morris Dark Tumult 151 His damaged ankle..would, under his own ministrations and those of the capable Bush nurse, probably allow him to be about in a few days.

1946 A. Christie Hollow xvi. 141 Terence had gone away, evading his Aunt Elsie's ministrations, a lonely little boy with a stiff pinched face.

1983 R. Narayan Tiger for Malgudi 21 My ministrations seemed to have helped her to recover her breath, vision, and the use of her limbs.

†b. The exercise of a public office or official function; an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [noun] > discharge of an office

ministration1466

administration1483

officiation1890

1466 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 3/2 The said Alane sall ces of the execucione & ministracion of the said office.

1545 T. Elyot Preseruatiue agaynste Deth sig. C v^v More ouer sainct Gregorie saieth, that temporal authoritee is of great estimacion, and with God hath his rewarde for his good ministracion and gouernaunce.

1555 H. Braham Inst. Gentleman sig. G To bee a iustice of peace..is..a goodly ministracion and office for a gentleman.

1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. x. §15. 162 Content with the nomination of Magistrates, and publique Ministers, that is to say, with the authority without the ministration.

c. The action or an act of ministering in religious matters; service as a priest or minister. Now usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > service of

servicec1384

church servicea1400

ministration1535

ministry1560

ministering1566

ministerialism1884

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > performance of

with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290

solemnity1390

solemnization1447

observancea1450

solennizationc1450

solemnation1470

celebration1483

superstition1513

ministration1535

celebrating1547

solemnizing1565

ministering1566

solemnize1590

solemniation1631

officiating1640

exercise1656

exercitation1660

officiation1804

altar service1831

ritual1865

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts i. C For he was nombred with vs, and had opteyned the felashippe of this mynistracion.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxj The Priest that shal execute the holy ministery, shall put vpon hym the vesture appoincted for that ministracion.

1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 62 At the thirtieth Year of their Age, they began their Levitical Ministration.

1753 B. Franklin Let. 6 June in Papers (1961) IV. 506 Now a days we have scarce a little Parson, that does not think it the Duty of every Man within his Reach to sit under his petty Ministrations.

1833 C. Williams Fall River v. 89 She was..three years at Lowell, the greater part of which time she sat under his daily and nightly ministrations.

1841 A. R. C. Dallas Pastoral Superintendence 5 A snare had long been spread for us..leading us to injure our means of usefulness, through a depreciation of order in our ministrations.

1884 Law Times 14 June 122/2 There should be a provision for religious ministrations.

1910 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics III. 176 The banishment of the pastors and the prohibition of public worship drove the people to private assemblies and the ministrations of lay preachers.

1992 Folk Roots Sept. 31/2 A group of eighteenth-century Welsh missionaries, whose fiery ministrations were at first ignored, then tolerated.

†d. A ministerial office or employment. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > office of

clergyc1440

clerkhoodc1449

clerkship?1488

ministration1550

ministry1560

clergyship1620

clericality1660

cassock1687

churchmanship1690

the cloth1709

clericature1725

clericate1869

1550 R. Crowley Way to Wealth sig. Bv Ye..have benifices, or other spirituall promotions (as you call theym for ye are ashamed to calle theym ministracions).

2. Administration. Frequently with of.

†a. The action of administering law or justice; the action of managing or administering an estate; executorship. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration

dispositionc1374

ministrationc1390

disposing1406

procuration?a1425

guidingc1425

economy?1440

conduct1454

solicitation1492

regimenta1500

mayning1527

enterprisea1533

handlinga1538

conduction1565

manyment1567

disposure1569

conveyance1572

managing1579

disposement1583

government1587

carriage1589

manage1591

steerage1597

management1598

steering1599

manurance1604

fixing1605

dispose1611

administry?1616

husbandry1636

dispensatorship1637

admin1641

managery1643

disposal1649

mesnagery1653

contrectation1786

conducting1793

wielding1820

managership1864

operation1872

operating1913

case management1918

society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > management or disposal of estate

ministrationc1390

administration1429

executory1496

executry1769

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > of justice, etc.

administration1425

ministration1512

c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 269 (MED) Þis holy bisschops herbifore..hedden cure of mennes soules & mynistracion of temporel godes.

1422 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 50 I wole þat he haue hem vpon this condicion,..þat he lete hem note off ministration of myn other goode.

1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 128 Wich of hem as laboureth for the execucion of his will, and taketh vpon him mynystracion shall [etc.].

1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 57/1 The ministration of the revenuez.

1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble Your true Subgectes beyng in Compeny with hym for mynystracion of your lawes.

1527 J. Rastell Abridgem. Statutes 99 b Any other that take vppon them the mynystracion of the forest.

1638 National Covenant in Facsimiles National MSS Scotl. (1871) III. xcvii For the maintaining of His Kirk and ministration of justice.

1811 R. Robinson (title) A brief dissertation on the ministration of the Divine Word.

b. The action of administering the sacraments.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > [noun] > administering

administrationc1350

ministeringc1400

ministration1421

1421 in G. W. Kitchen Rec. Northern Convocation (1907) 113 163 Ye sacrament of ye kirke..is noght defouled..be ye minstracion of a synfull man.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 109 (MED) The ministracion of baptym and of beryenge.

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. cxliiii Theyr authoryte in ministracyon of y^e sacramentes.

?1548 Order Churche Denmark in tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. Fi^v The due ministracion of the blessed Sacrament of Baptisme.

?1548 Order Churche Denmark in tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. Fiii The due ministracyon of holy wedloke.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 309 Many corruptions, that were crept into the Church about the ministration of the cup.

1687 E. Arwaker (title) The ministration of publick baptism of infants to be used in the Church.

1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah xi. 381 We might Christianize the Hindoos as fast as our clergymen could get through the Ministration of Baptism to such as are of riper years.

1912 Catholic Encycl. XIII. 303/1 It was altogether fitting that the ministration of the sacraments be given, not to the angels, but to men.

1979 D. Church & E. S. Gowers Low Meadow (BNC) The vicar should be responsible for..the celebration and ministration of the sacraments and sacramentals to the parishioners, the finding of bread and wine, and lights for the Church.

a. With of. The action of supplying, providing, or giving something (esp. medicine). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying

usea1382

purveyancea1387

administration?a1425

application?a1425

ministration?a1425

purveying1442

findingc1449

administering1468

liveryc1475

storing1494

furnishing1496

nourishinga1530

ministering1530

conference1545

applial1548

affording1574

supplying1586

supplyment1589

accommodation1612

suppeditation1612

furniturea1649

supplial1738

purveyal1877

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] > administration of treatment

administration?a1425

application?a1425

medicining?a1425

ministration?a1425

ministering1530

physicking1610

exhibiting1620

adhibition1654

exhibition1785

medicamenting1823

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 149^v After ministracioun [?c1425 Paris the ȝeuynge; L. administrationem]..of medicynez brekyng & brynging out for þe stone [etc.].

a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 15 (MED) Comforte him wiþ ministracioun of oure quinte essencie.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. ii^v The ministration of phisicke.

1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 i. 3 The ministration of unwholesome food.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 184 Yours the care That any world..be easy of access Through ministration of the moneys due.

1898 Living Age 5 Feb. 402/2 The well-directed ministration of comfort and consolation to those about her who were in trouble or in want.

1989 O. V. Vijayan After the Hanging 44 She prescribed medicines, root essences and oils, but though the ministration went on for days, the paralysis got worse.

†b. That which is administered; esp. a dose of medicine. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 376 In purging giue it to be swalowed down mixt with a drop of oyll of Cinamon..making a triall in the quantitie of ministracion, from a scrupul to ii.

†4. Agency, instrumentality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun]

ministration1495

moyena1578

ministry1581

agency1625

instrumentalness1632

instrumentality1646

instrumency1652

canal1722

instrumentation1841

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) iv. iv. 85 The vertues of the spirites werke their effectes in al the lymmes of the body by mynystracion and seruyse of humours.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. viii. f. 80 What so euer god by the ministration of nature hath created.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxviii. 319 Peregrine..resolved to anticipate his rival; and accordingly, by the ministration of his companion, engaged a couple of stout chairmen.

1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde Pt. I v. ix. 262 Vengeance is God's; But God doth oftentimes dispense it here By human ministration.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ministration
释义	ministrationn. Brit. /ˌmɪnᵻˈstreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmɪnəˈstreɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: Middle English ministracione, Middle English ministracioun, Middle English minstracion, Middle English minstracioun, Middle English mynistracioun, Middle English mynystracioun, Middle English mynystracyoun, Middle English mynystrasyon, Middle English mynystratioun, Middle English–1500s ministracion, Middle English–1500s ministracyon, Middle English–1500s mynistracion, Middle English–1500s mynystracion, Middle English–1500s mynystracyon, Middle English– ministration; Scottish pre-1700 menistratioun, pre-1700 ministracion, pre-1700 ministracioun, pre-1700 ministratione, pre-1700 ministratioun, pre-1700 minstracioun, pre-1700 minystracioun, pre-1700 mynistratioun, pre-1700 mynystracion, pre-1700 mynystratyown, pre-1700 1700s– ministration. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ministrātiōn-, ministrātiō. Etymology: < classical Latin ministrātiōn-, ministrātiō service, attendance, arrangement, provision, in post-classical Latin also performance of ecclesiastical office (Vetus Latina), that which is administered (4th cent.), administration of the sacraments (c1500 in a British source) < ministrāt- , past participial stem of ministrāre minister v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ministracion , ministration (13th cent. in sense ‘administration’, mid 14th cent. in sense ‘service’: compare the commoner administration administration n.), Old Occitan ministratio (c1350), Portuguese †ministração (13th cent. as miistraçom), Spanish ministración (13th cent.; now rare). 1. a. The action or an act of ministering, tending, or serving; the rendering of service, aid, care, or attention. Now usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > [noun] > action of serving ministrationc1384 ministryc1384 servingc1400 tendinga1616 administration1676 ministering1828 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) 2 Cor. iii. 7–8 If the mynistracioun of deeth defformyd by lettris in stoones was in glorie..hou not more the mynistracioun of spirit schal be in glorie? a1425 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Laud) in Psalter (1884) 524 Grete thing he did til hur in quantite of grace, gretter in mynystracyon of Aungell. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 104 The saule of man in the body has proper operacioun without help wse or ministracioun of the body. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlix^v Let them not be couetous, nor for theyr ministration extorte money gredelye. a1683 J. Owen True Nature Gospel Church in Wks. (1853) XVI. 110 Ministration unto the poor of the Church, for the supply of their temporal necessities is an ordinance of Christ. 1712 M. Henry Daily Commun. God (1847) ii. 126 What a security is the ministration of those good spirits against the malice of evil spirits! 1798 S. T. Coleridge Dungeon in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 140 With other ministrations thou, O nature! Healest thy wandering and distempered child. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 197 Nor is any one to be blamed for doing any honourable service or ministration to any man. 1898 Harper's Mag. Oct. 784/1 He was put down on the big horse-hair sofa in the parlor, and given over to the ministration of Willy King. 1939 M. Morris Dark Tumult 151 His damaged ankle..would, under his own ministrations and those of the capable Bush nurse, probably allow him to be about in a few days. 1946 A. Christie Hollow xvi. 141 Terence had gone away, evading his Aunt Elsie's ministrations, a lonely little boy with a stiff pinched face. 1983 R. Narayan Tiger for Malgudi 21 My ministrations seemed to have helped her to recover her breath, vision, and the use of her limbs. †b. The exercise of a public office or official function; an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [noun] > discharge of an office ministration1466 administration1483 officiation1890 1466 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 3/2 The said Alane sall ces of the execucione & ministracion of the said office. 1545 T. Elyot Preseruatiue agaynste Deth sig. C v^v More ouer sainct Gregorie saieth, that temporal authoritee is of great estimacion, and with God hath his rewarde for his good ministracion and gouernaunce. 1555 H. Braham Inst. Gentleman sig. G To bee a iustice of peace..is..a goodly ministracion and office for a gentleman. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. x. §15. 162 Content with the nomination of Magistrates, and publique Ministers, that is to say, with the authority without the ministration. c. The action or an act of ministering in religious matters; service as a priest or minister. Now usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > service of servicec1384 church servicea1400 ministration1535 ministry1560 ministering1566 ministerialism1884 society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > performance of with or in (great, etc.) solemnityc1290 solemnity1390 solemnization1447 observancea1450 solennizationc1450 solemnation1470 celebration1483 superstition1513 ministration1535 celebrating1547 solemnizing1565 ministering1566 solemnize1590 solemniation1631 officiating1640 exercise1656 exercitation1660 officiation1804 altar service1831 ritual1865 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts i. C For he was nombred with vs, and had opteyned the felashippe of this mynistracion. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxj The Priest that shal execute the holy ministery, shall put vpon hym the vesture appoincted for that ministracion. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 62 At the thirtieth Year of their Age, they began their Levitical Ministration. 1753 B. Franklin Let. 6 June in Papers (1961) IV. 506 Now a days we have scarce a little Parson, that does not think it the Duty of every Man within his Reach to sit under his petty Ministrations. 1833 C. Williams Fall River v. 89 She was..three years at Lowell, the greater part of which time she sat under his daily and nightly ministrations. 1841 A. R. C. Dallas Pastoral Superintendence 5 A snare had long been spread for us..leading us to injure our means of usefulness, through a depreciation of order in our ministrations. 1884 Law Times 14 June 122/2 There should be a provision for religious ministrations. 1910 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics III. 176 The banishment of the pastors and the prohibition of public worship drove the people to private assemblies and the ministrations of lay preachers. 1992 Folk Roots Sept. 31/2 A group of eighteenth-century Welsh missionaries, whose fiery ministrations were at first ignored, then tolerated. †d. A ministerial office or employment. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > office of clergyc1440 clerkhoodc1449 clerkship?1488 ministration1550 ministry1560 clergyship1620 clericality1660 cassock1687 churchmanship1690 the cloth1709 clericature1725 clericate1869 1550 R. Crowley Way to Wealth sig. Bv Ye..have benifices, or other spirituall promotions (as you call theym for ye are ashamed to calle theym ministracions). 2. Administration. Frequently with of. †a. The action of administering law or justice; the action of managing or administering an estate; executorship. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration dispositionc1374 ministrationc1390 disposing1406 procuration?a1425 guidingc1425 economy?1440 conduct1454 solicitation1492 regimenta1500 mayning1527 enterprisea1533 handlinga1538 conduction1565 manyment1567 disposure1569 conveyance1572 managing1579 disposement1583 government1587 carriage1589 manage1591 steerage1597 management1598 steering1599 manurance1604 fixing1605 dispose1611 administry?1616 husbandry1636 dispensatorship1637 admin1641 managery1643 disposal1649 mesnagery1653 contrectation1786 conducting1793 wielding1820 managership1864 operation1872 operating1913 case management1918 society > law > transfer of property > testamentary disposition > [noun] > management or disposal of estate ministrationc1390 administration1429 executory1496 executry1769 the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > of justice, etc. administration1425 ministration1512 c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 269 (MED) Þis holy bisschops herbifore..hedden cure of mennes soules & mynistracion of temporel godes. 1422 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 50 I wole þat he haue hem vpon this condicion,..þat he lete hem note off ministration of myn other goode. 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 128 Wich of hem as laboureth for the execucion of his will, and taketh vpon him mynystracion shall [etc.]. 1442 Rolls of Parl. V. 57/1 The ministration of the revenuez. 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 20 Preamble Your true Subgectes beyng in Compeny with hym for mynystracion of your lawes. 1527 J. Rastell Abridgem. Statutes 99 b Any other that take vppon them the mynystracion of the forest. 1638 National Covenant in Facsimiles National MSS Scotl. (1871) III. xcvii For the maintaining of His Kirk and ministration of justice. 1811 R. Robinson (title) A brief dissertation on the ministration of the Divine Word. b. The action of administering the sacraments. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > [noun] > administering administrationc1350 ministeringc1400 ministration1421 1421 in G. W. Kitchen Rec. Northern Convocation (1907) 113 163 Ye sacrament of ye kirke..is noght defouled..be ye minstracion of a synfull man. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1874) V. 109 (MED) The ministracion of baptym and of beryenge. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. cxliiii Theyr authoryte in ministracyon of y^e sacramentes. ?1548 Order Churche Denmark in tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. Fi^v The due ministracion of the blessed Sacrament of Baptisme. ?1548 Order Churche Denmark in tr. J. Calvin Faythfvl Treat. Sacrament sig. Fiii The due ministracyon of holy wedloke. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 309 Many corruptions, that were crept into the Church about the ministration of the cup. 1687 E. Arwaker (title) The ministration of publick baptism of infants to be used in the Church. 1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah xi. 381 We might Christianize the Hindoos as fast as our clergymen could get through the Ministration of Baptism to such as are of riper years. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIII. 303/1 It was altogether fitting that the ministration of the sacraments be given, not to the angels, but to men. 1979 D. Church & E. S. Gowers Low Meadow (BNC) The vicar should be responsible for..the celebration and ministration of the sacraments and sacramentals to the parishioners, the finding of bread and wine, and lights for the Church. 3. a. With of. The action of supplying, providing, or giving something (esp. medicine). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying usea1382 purveyancea1387 administration?a1425 application?a1425 ministration?a1425 purveying1442 findingc1449 administering1468 liveryc1475 storing1494 furnishing1496 nourishinga1530 ministering1530 conference1545 applial1548 affording1574 supplying1586 supplyment1589 accommodation1612 suppeditation1612 furniturea1649 supplial1738 purveyal1877 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] > administration of treatment administration?a1425 application?a1425 medicining?a1425 ministration?a1425 ministering1530 physicking1610 exhibiting1620 adhibition1654 exhibition1785 medicamenting1823 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 149^v After ministracioun [?c1425 Paris the ȝeuynge; L. administrationem]..of medicynez brekyng & brynging out for þe stone [etc.]. a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 15 (MED) Comforte him wiþ ministracioun of oure quinte essencie. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. ii^v The ministration of phisicke. 1862 J. Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861 i. 3 The ministration of unwholesome food. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 184 Yours the care That any world..be easy of access Through ministration of the moneys due. 1898 Living Age 5 Feb. 402/2 The well-directed ministration of comfort and consolation to those about her who were in trouble or in want. 1989 O. V. Vijayan After the Hanging 44 She prescribed medicines, root essences and oils, but though the ministration went on for days, the paralysis got worse. †b. That which is administered; esp. a dose of medicine. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 376 In purging giue it to be swalowed down mixt with a drop of oyll of Cinamon..making a triall in the quantitie of ministracion, from a scrupul to ii. †4. Agency, instrumentality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] ministration1495 moyena1578 ministry1581 agency1625 instrumentalness1632 instrumentality1646 instrumency1652 canal1722 instrumentation1841 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) iv. iv. 85 The vertues of the spirites werke their effectes in al the lymmes of the body by mynystracion and seruyse of humours. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. viii. f. 80 What so euer god by the ministration of nature hath created. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxviii. 319 Peregrine..resolved to anticipate his rival; and accordingly, by the ministration of his companion, engaged a couple of stout chairmen. 1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde Pt. I v. ix. 262 Vengeance is God's; But God doth oftentimes dispense it here By human ministration. 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