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male-administration

male-administration is the obsolete spelling of maladministration.

Meaning of maladministration

Noun

maladministration (countable and uncountable, plural maladministrations)

  1. (uncountable) Faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable) an instance of this.
    • Near-synonyms: mismanagement, misgovernance
  2. (countable, obsolete) An act of incorrectly administering a religious rite; also, a religious group that permits such a practice.
    • […] I vvould have the Sacraments on their vvheels, and yet ſo that their mal-adminiſtration bring not epidemick judgements upon us, as the receiving unvvorthily did on the Church of Corinth.1656, Richard Vines, “What Must be Done where Discipline Cannot be Executed for Want of Administrators”, in A Treatise of the Right Institution, Administration, and Receiving of the Sacrament of the...

Questions about male-administration

What is male-administration the obsolete spelling of?
Male-administration is the obsolete spelling of maladministration.

Words near male-administration in the dictionary

  1. male rhymes
  2. male tank
  3. male tanks
  4. male, pale and stale
  5. male-
  6. male-administration
  7. male-assigned
  8. male-bot
  9. male-bots
  10. male-dominated
  11. male-fail

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