Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
ministration
Spanish translation:
los ritos / la liturgia
English term
Spain
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Native in: Catalan (Variant: Central) 
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ministration
A shaft of twinkling emerald light sliced across Reverend Mr. Prudhome's prayer book as he solemnly worked his way through the ministration of holy baptism.
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los ritos / la liturgia
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Note added at 4 mins (2005-07-27 11:37:50 GMT)
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but is your question Eng-Span or Span-Eng?
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marybro
: me gusta esta sugerencia con un cambio del verbo...administraba los ritos/liturgia del santo bautismo con solemnidad///.me gusta la segunda
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gracias, marybro .Tal vez también "mientras solemnemente administraba..."
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Harold Molina
45 mins
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Muchas gracias, Jarol
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Ana Juliá
4 hrs
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Muchas gracias, Ana
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Australia
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(los ritos de) la celebración
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Almudena Ballester
: Efectivamente, se dice "administrar" el bautismo, equivale a bautizar en sí.
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Anabel Martínez
: sí
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Ana Juliá
: administración
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Argentina
la calidad es lo que más importa
Native in: English , Spanish
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celebración
Comment: "emerald", if I am not mistaken, is green and not red ("luz rojiza"). check it out, you could use "esmeralda"... sorry for the interference!
United States
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servicio (s)
administración
Peru
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mientras le administraba solemnemente el santo bautismo
Mexico
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