ministration

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ministration
    n 1: assistance in time of difficulty; "the contributions
         provided some relief for the victims" [syn: {relief},
         {succor}, {succour}, {ministration}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ministration \Min`is*tra"tion\, n. [L. ministratio, fr.
   ministrare.]
   The act of ministering; service; ministry. "The days of his
   ministration." --Luke i. 23.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "ministration":
      aid, assistance, attendance, benefit, comfort, ease, employ,
      employment, good offices, help, ministry, office, offices, peonage,
      protection, relief, remedy, rescue, serfdom, service, servitium,
      servitorship, servitude, slavery, succor, support, tendance,
      therapy

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