Obs. [ad. late L. subministrātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. subministrāre to SUBMINISTER. Cf. OF. soub-, subministration (Cotgr.).] The action of subministering; ministering support; provision, supply.

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1582.  N. T. (Rhem.), Eph. iv. 16. The whole body being … knit together by al juncture of subministration. Ibid., Phil. i. 19. By your praier and the subministration of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

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1606.  J. King, Serm., Sept., 39. Nourishment and raiment, and the subministration of necessary things.

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1623.  Bp. Hall, Gt. Impostor, Wks. (1634), 462. The subministration of Vitall spirits, to the maintenance of the whole frame.

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1678.  Gale, Crt. Gentiles, IV. III. 57. Subministration of occasions.

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  So † Subministrator, one who provides or supplies.

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1611.  Cotgr., Subministrateur, a subministrator.

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1625.  trans. Camden’s Hist. Eliz., I. 81. Some Marchants, which … became subministrators to the enemies of Christianity.

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