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

Aira, Matthew’s best friend, won enough of them over for the boondoggle to proceed: What had the group been, in this last decade or so, but an ailing patient, every so often given new breath by a company member’s ministrations—a lifelong ambition for a part, for example? —Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 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