ministracion
Middle English
/ministrˈaːtjuːn/
noun
Definitions
- (Late ME) Provision of help or assistance; being helpful.
- (Late ME) supervision, oversight, managing; executive duties.
- (Late ME) Dealing or distribution, especially in a medical context.
- (Christianity) The deed of performing Christian rites and sacraments.
- (rare) The means that something is provided with.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French ministracïon derived from Latin ministrātio affix from Middle English ministre.
Origin
Middle English
ministre
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- minister English
- ministration English
- ministrātio Latin
- ministre Middle English
- mynisterie Middle English
- mynystren Middle English
- ministracïon Old French
- ministre Old French