ministracioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ministracion, mynistracion, mynistracioun, minstracioun, mynystracyon, mynystracyoun

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ministration, from Old French ministracïon, from Latin ministrātio; equivalent to ministre +‎ -acioun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min(i)sˌtraːsiˈuːn/, /min(i)sˈtraːsjun/

Noun

ministracioun (plural ministracions) (Late Middle English)

1. Help; giving aid or assistance.
2. Supervision, management; executive duties.
3. Administration (especially of medicine or sacraments)
4. (rare) The means that something is supplied with.

Descendants

• English: ministration
• Scots: ministration (obsolete)

References

• “ministrāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-20.