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Beauty & Wellness ministrations come courtesy of Dr Burgener skincare with treatments lasting anything from four hours to six days.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026 But even the objects that have no signs of mold receive the tender ministrations of Kvamm and her team.—
Elizabeth Anne Brown,
Scientific American,
20 Jan. 2026 The magic of the ballet’s fantastic world, evoked through Balanchine’s wizardly dance strokes to Tchaikovsky’s famed score, culminates in Giménez’s regal ministrations as Sugar Plum in the second act’s Land of the Sweets.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
9 Dec. 2025 Under her ministration, the club dedicated itself to good works—preparing food for the poor and homebound, taking up collections for the sick, and even interceding to stop evictions.—
Richard D. Mahoney,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ministration
Word History
Etymology
Middle English ministracioun, borrowed from Latin ministrātiōn-, ministrātiō, from ministrāre "to act as a servant, serve, minister entry 2" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action