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ministration|ˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən|
[ad. L. ministrātiōn-em, n. of action f. ministrāre to minister. Cf. obs. F. ministracion (14th c.).]
1. The action (rarely, an act) of ministering or serving; the rendering of aid or service.
a1340Hampole Psalter, Cant. 524 Grete thing he did til hur in quantite of grace, gretter in mynystracyon of Aungell. 1382Wyclif 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? 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 49 b, Let them not be covetous, nor for theyr ministration extorte money gredelye. a1683Owen True Nat. Gosp. Ch. Wks. 1853 XVI. 110 Ministration unto the poor of the Church, for the supply of their temporal necessities is an ordinance of Christ. 1712M. Henry Daily Commun. ii. (1847) 126 What a security is the ministration of those good spirits against the malice of evil spirits! 1875Jowett Plato I. 206 Nor is any one to be blamed for doing any honourable service or ministration to any man.
†b. Exercise of official functions. Obs.
1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. x. §15. 162 Content with the nomination of Magistrates, and publique Ministers, that is to say, with the authority without the ministration.
†c. Agency, instrumentality. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iv. iv. (1495) 85 The vertues of the spirites werke their effectes in al the lymmes of the body by mynystracion and seruyse of humours. 1555Eden Decades 80 What so euer god by the ministration of nature hath created.
2. spec. The action of ministering in religious matters; service as a priest or minister; pl. the services of ministers of religion.
1535Coverdale Acts i. 17 For he was nombred with vs & had opteyned the felashippe of this mynistracion. 1548–9[see ministry 3]. 1660South Serm. (1727) IV. i. 62 At the thirtieth Year of their Age they began their Levitical Ministration. 1841A. R. C. Dallas Past. Superintend. 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. 1884Law Times 14 June 122/2 There should be a provision for religious ministrations.
†b. A ministerial office or employment. Obs.
1550Crowley Waie to Wealth (E.E.T.S.) 145 Ye have benefices, or other spirituall promotions, as you call theym, for ye are ashamed to call them ministracions.
†3. The action of administering the sacraments, justice, law, an estate or revenue, etc.; administration; occas. executorship. Obs.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 25 Thes holy menne lefte not witterly the ministracion of the lokynge and the dispendynge of worldely goodis. 1422E.E. Wills (E.E.T.S.) 50, I wole þat he haue hem vpon this condicion,..þat he lete hem note off ministration of myn other goode. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) V. 109 The ministracion of baptym and of beryenge. 1439E.E. Wills (E.E.T.S.) 128 Wich of hem as laboureth for the execucion of his will, and taketh vpon him mynystracion shall [etc.]. 1442Rolls of Parlt. V. 57/1 The ministration of the revenuez. 1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 20 Preamble, Your true Subgectes beyng in Compeny with hym for mynystracion of your lawes. 1527Rastell's Abridg. Stat. 99 b, Any other that take vppon them the mynystracion of the forest. 1533More Debell. Salem Wks. 1023/1 Their authorite in ministracion of the sacramentes. c1550Coverdale Calvin's Treat. Sacram. etc. F j b, The mynistracion of holye baptime. Ibid., The due ministracyon of holy wedloke. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 309 Many corruptions, that were crept into the Church about the ministration of the cup.
4. The action of supplying, providing, or giving (something). Const. of.
1460–70Bk. Quintessence 15 Þanne comforte him wiþ ministracioun of oure quinte essencie afore seid. 1547Boorde Brev. Health 2 The ministracion of phisicke. 1862Tyndall Mountaineer. i. 3 The ministration of unwholesome food. 1873Browning Red Cott. Nt.-cap 184 Yours the care That any world..be easy of access Through ministration of the moneys due. |