ministracioun
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French ministration, from Old French ministracïon, from Latin ministrātio; equivalent to ministre + -acioun.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ministracioun (plural ministracions) (Late Middle English)
- Help; giving aid or assistance.
- Supervision, management; executive duties.
- Administration (especially of medicine or sacraments)
- (rare) The means that something is supplied with.
Descendants[edit]
- English: ministration
- Scots: ministration (obsolete)
References[edit]
- “ministrāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-20.
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Middle French
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- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English terms suffixed with -acioun
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- enm:Government
- enm:Medicine