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ministration

noun

Etymology

From Middle English ministracioun, from Old French ministracïon, from Latin ministrātio; equivalent to minister + -ation.

  1. derived from ministrātio
  2. derived from ministracïon
  3. inherited from ministracioun

Definitions

  1. The act of ministering

    The act of ministering; an instance of providing aid, care, or assistance.

    • Outside it resembled a brick barn, inside a marble palace, and its ministration overworked a vicar and two enthusiastic curates.
    • Bobby Castleton, who was cured of homosexuality on the Phil Donahue Show through the ministrations of Feona.
    • Right in the middle of the remedies, along with other ministrations to the groin area, was listed the Viagra of the year 1000 - the yellow-flowered herb agrimony.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ministration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01ministration02assistance03assisting04helpful05aid06succor07succour

A definitional loop anchored at ministration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at ministration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA