ministration

noun

min·​is·​tra·​tion ˌmi-nə-ˈstrā-shən 

: the act or process of ministering

Examples of ministration in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As last week ended, however, with mounting hopes that, after two years, Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza might end with a deal brought about via Trump’s ministrations, speculation circulated that the American President might indeed win the Peace Prize, which was to be announced on Saturday. —Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025

Under her ministration, the club dedicated itself to good works—preparing food for the poor and homebound, taking up collections for the sick, and even interceding to stop evictions. —Richard D. Mahoney, JSTOR Daily, 30 Apr. 2025

Not exactly despair, but resignation set in, as though sheltering in the basement and sprinkling the children with holy water were to be the accommodating ministrations. —Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025

In spite of these misfortunes, Mrs. Smith is remarkably sunny, owing, in part, to a nurse who supplements her medical ministrations with news of the outside world. —Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025

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

Rhymes for ministration

• abdication
• aberration
• abjuration
• abnegation
• abrogation
• acceptation
• acclamation
• acclimation
• accusation
• activation
• actuation
• acylation