Min'is-trā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. ministratio, from ministrare; It. ministrazione.] 1. The act of performing service as a subordinate agent; intervention for aid or service; ministry; agency. Their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. Acts vi. 1. 2. Office of a minister; service; ecclesiastical function. “As soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished.” Luke i. 23.