ˌminəˈstrāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English ministracioun, from Latin ministration-, ministratio, from ministratus (past participle of ministrare to serve, dish up) + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the action of giving aid, service, or comfort
under the tender ministrations of this fair sister of mercy, the young warrior revived — Cedomilj Mijatovic
2. : the action of ministering in religious matters : ministry 2
all the baptized were to come under the disciplinary ministrations of the Church — K.S.Latourette
worshiping … under the ministrations of a missionary — American Anthropologist