administerial 
administerial (ad-min-is-te'ri-al), n. [< L. mi- 
minister, attendant (or < E. administer, i\), + 
4al, in imitation of ministerial, q. v.] Pertain- 
ing to administration, or to the executive part 
of government ; ministerial. [Bare.] 
administrable (ad-min'is-tra-bl), a. [<L. as if 
"administraliilix, < adminislrare : see admini.-'ii i; 
i 1 .] Capable of being administered. 
administrador (Sp. pron. ad-me-ne-strii-dor'), 
. [Sp. : = E. administrator.] A steward; an 
overseer. G. Yale. [Used in parts of the 
United States acquired from Mexico.] 
administrant (ad-min'is-trant), a. and . [< P. 
administrant, ppr. of udminiatrcr : see adininin- 
ter, .] I. a. Managing ; executive ; pertain- 
ing to the management of affairs. 
II. n. One who administers ; an executive 
officer. 
administrate (ad-inin'is-trat), -v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. administrated, ppr. administrating- [< ^- '"'- 
ministratus, pp. of administrare : see adminis- 
ter, v.~\ To administer ; dispense ; give ; supply : 
as, " to administrate the sacraments," Knox. 
administration (ad-min-is-tra'shon), n. [<ME. 
adinittistraeiuiiii, < OF. administration, < L. ad- 
ministmtio(n-), < administrare : see administer, 
t!.] 1. The act of administering; direction; 
management ; government of public affairs ; the 
conducting of any office or employment. 
The administration of government, in its largest sense, 
comprehends all the operations of the body politic, whether 
legislative, executive, or judiciary ; but in its most usual, 
and perhaps in its most precise, signification, it is limited to 
executive details, and falls peculiarly within the province 
of the executive department. 
A. Hamilton, Federalist, No. 72. 
2. The duty or duties of an administrator ; 
specifically, the executive functions of govern- 
ment, consisting in the exercise of all the powers 
and duties of government, both general and 
local, which are neither legislative nor judicial. 
3. The body of persons who are intrusted 
with the execution of laws and the superinten- 
dence of public affairs : in particular, in Great 
Britain, the ministry ; in the United States, 
the President and cabinet, or the President 
and cabinet during one presidential term : as, 
Washington's first administration. 
Did the administration . . . avail themselves of any 
one of those opportunities ? 
Burke, Tracts on Popery Laws. 
It was, therefore, clear from the beginning that the new 
administration was to have a settled and strong opposition. 
T. H. Benton, Thirty Years, I. 55. 
4. Any body of men intrusted with executive 
or administrative powers. 
The support of the State governments in all their rights, 
as the most competent administration* for our domestic 
concerns. Jefferson, First Inaugural Address. 
5. The period during which an executive offi- 
cer or a ministry holds office ; specifically, in 
the United States, the period during which the 
President holds office. 6. Dispensation; dis- 
tribution; rendering: as, the administration of 
justice, of the sacraments, or of grace. 
For the administration of this service not only supplieth 
the wants of the saints, but is abundant also by many 
thanksgivings unto God. 2 Cor. ix. 12. 
7. The act of prescribing medically. 8. The 
act of tendering or imposing, as an oath. 9. 
In law : (a) The management of the estate of an 
intestate person, or of a testator having no com- 
petent executor, under a commission (called 
letters of administration) from the proper au- 
thority. This management consists in collect- 
ing debts, paying debts and legacies, and dis- 
tributing surplus among the next of kin. (6) 
In some jurisdictions, the management of the 
estate of a deceased person by an executor, the 
corresponding term execution not being in use. 
Administration of a deceased person's estate may be granted 
for general, special, or limited purposes ; as : (1) Adminis- 
tration durante absentia (during absence), when the next 
person entitled to the grant is beyond sea. (2) Adminis- 
tration pendente lite (while the suit is pending), when a 
suit is commenced in the probate court regarding the va- 
lidity of a will or the right to administration, and lasting 
till the suit is determined. (3) Administration cum testa- 
mento annexo (with the will annexed), in cases where a 
testator makes a will without naming executors, or where 
the executors named in the will are incapable of acting or 
refuse to act. (4) Administration de b"iiix tmn (foMcern- 
ing goods not, that is, not administered), when the first 
administrator dies before he has fully administered. (5) 
Administration ad colligend ittn (for the purpose of collect- 
ing), for collecting and preserving goods about to perish. 
(6) Ancillary administration is subordinate to the princi- 
pal administration for collecting the assets of foreigners. 
It is taken out in the country where the assets are. See 
ancillary. (7) Administration minoritetate (duriiiK minor 
age, or minority) is granted when the executor is a minor. 
(8) Foreign administration is administration exerciser hv 
authority of a foreign power. - Council of administra- 
tion. See council. =SyH. 1. Conduct, control, superin- 
tendence, regulation, execution. 
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administrational (ad-min-is-tra'shon-al), a. 
Pertaining or relating to administration. 
Tin- iiiliiii>ii*triitii,iinl merits uf Darius are so great tlmt 
they have obscured his military glories. 
<j. Raicliiisun, Five Great Monarchies, III. 429. 
administrative (ad-min'is-tra-tiv), a. [< L. 
admiiiMniHritx, practical, < administrare, pp. 
ftdiiiiiiixtnitun: see administer, v.~\ Pertaining 
to administration ; executive ; administering. 
The production ami distribution of wealth, the growth 
and effect of administrative machinery, the education of 
the race, these are cases of general laws which constitute 
the science of sociology. W. K. Clijford, Lect., II. 284. 
Sometimes the term Executive, which strictly means 
an Authority which puts the laws in force, is opposed to 
the term Administrative, which implies the performance 
of every other sort of immediate Governmental act, such as 
collecting taxes, organizing and directing the Army, Navy, 
and Police, supervising trade, locomotion, postal commu- 
nication, and carrying out in detail legislative measures 
for promoting public health, education, morality, and gen- 
eral contentment. S. Amos, Sci. of Pol., p. 99. 
administratively (ad-min'is-tra-tiv-li), adv. 
In an administrative manner; in relation to 
administration; from an administrative point 
of view ; as regards administration. 
The English country gentleman, who was lord of the 
manor, was administratively a person of great authority 
and influence. Maim, Early Law and Custom, p. 314. 
Administrativclif, Kazan is divided into twelve districts. 
Encyc. Brit., XIV. 20. 
administrator (ad-min'is-tra-tor), n. [L., a 
manager, < administrare, pp. administratus : see 
administer, v.'] 1. One who administers; one 
who directs or manages affairs of any kind: 
sometimes used as a title of executive office. 
2. In law : (a) One who, by virtue of a com- 
mission from a probate, orphans', or surrogate's 
court, or, in England, from the probate, di- 
vorce, and admiralty division of the High 
Court of Justice, has charge of the goods and 
chattels of one dying without a will. In some 
jurisdictions his power is extended to real prop- 
erty. Often contracted to admr. (b) In Scots law, 
a tutor, curator, or guardian, having the care 
of one who is incapable of acting for himself. 
The term is usually applied to a father who has power 
over his children and their estate during their minority. - 
Admlnlstrator bishop. See bishop. Public admin- 
istrator, a public officer authorized to administer the 
estates of persons dying without relatives entitled to per- 
form the duty. 
administratorship (ad-min'is-tra-tor-ship), n. 
The office of administrator. 
Removed by order of court from an administratorship 
for failure to settle his accounts. 
The Nation, XXXVI. 540. 
administratress (ad-min-is-tra'tres), n. [< ad- 
ministrator + -ess. Cf. administratrice.~\ A fe- 
male administrator. 
administratrices [< F. administratrice, < It. 
amminintratrice, \ NL. administratrix (-trie-): 
see administratrix.] A female administrator. 
administratrix (ad-min-is-tra'triks), H.; pi. 
administratrices (ad-min"is-tra-tri'sez). [NL., 
fern, of L. administrator, q. v.] A female ad- 
ministrator. Often contracted to admx. 
admirability (ad"mi-ra-bil'i-ti), re. [< L. ad- 
iirabilita(t-)s, < admirabilis, admirable : see ad- 
mirable.'] Admirableness. Bailey. [Rare.] 
admirable (ad'mi-ra-bl), a. [X F. admirable, 
< L. admirabilis, < atimirari, admire: see ad- 
mire.} If. Fitted to excite wonder; marvel- 
ous ; strange ; surprising. 
It seemeth equally admirable to me that holy King 
Edward the Sixth should do any wrong, or harsh Edward 
the Fourth do any right to the Muses. Fuller. 
In man there is nothing admirable but his ignorance 
and weakness. Jer. Taylor, Diss. from Popery, II. i. 7. 
2. Worthy of admiration ; haying qualities to 
excite wonder, with approbation, esteem, rev- 
erence, or affection ; very excellent : used of 
persons or things. 
What a piece of work is a man ! How noble in reason ! 
how infinite in faculty ! in form and moving, how express 
and admirable! Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 
admirableness (ad'mi-ra-bl-nes), n. The qual- 
ity of being admirable ; the power of exciting 
admiration. 
admirably (ad'mi-ra-bli), adv. In an admira- 
ble manner; in a manner to excite wonder, 
approbation, and esteem ; excellently. 
admiral (ad'mi-ral), . and a. [< ME. admiral, 
amiral, amyral, dmerall, amrall, with varying 
term, -alle, -ale, -ail, -ayl, -ayle, -el, -ellc, -aid, -eld, 
-nut, -aunt, < OF. admiral, amiral, almiral, -ail, 
-alt, -ault, -aut, -ant, -and, -auble, -afle, -et, -e, 
mod. F. amiral = Pr. amirau, amiralli, ami- 
ratz, mod. Pr. amiral = OSp. almiralle, -age, 
Sp. almirante = Pg. amiralh, almirante = It. 
ummiraijlio, < ML. admiral-is, -allus, -alius, -al- 
dus, -ariux, -tiliilis, -audits, -atus, almiraldus, am- 
admiralty 
iitirmidng. iimmirntux, etc., and prop, niuirnlis 
(the forms in adn/-, (dm- being due to popular 
etymology, which associated the word with 
L. admirare, admire, ndiiiirnhilis, admirable, or 
with Sp. Ar. al-, the, and the termination being 
variously accommodated), < Ar. amir, emir, a ru- 
ler, commander (see nmi-i-r and emir), the -al be- 
ing due to the Ar. article al, present in all the 
Arabic and Turkish titles containing the word, 
MS amir-itl-itiiH'ra, ruler of rulers, amir-al-bahr, 
commander of the sea, amir-al-mtiminin, com- 
mander of the faithful. The present sense of 
iiilmiral is due to Ar. amir-al-bahr, Latinized 
as tidmiralius marts and Englished under Ed- 
ward III. as " amyrel of the se," or " admyrall of 
the navy," afterward simply admiral. N. E. D.~\ 
1. n. If. An emir or prince under the sultan ; 
any Saracen ruler or commander. [The com- 
mon Middle English and Old French sense.] 
2. A naval officer of the highest rank; a com- 
mander-in-chief of a fleet. In the United States 
navy, as in most foreign services, there are three degrees of 
this rank, viz., admiral, vice-admiral, and rear-admiral. 
These titles did not exist in the United States till the 
grade of rear-admiral was created in 1862, that of vice-ad- 
miral in 1864, and that of admiral in 1866. An admiral dis- 
plays his distinguishing flag at the mainmast, a vice-ad- 
miral at the foremast, and a rear-admiral at the mizzenmast. 
In the British navy, admirals were formerly divided into 
three classes, named, after the colors of their respective 
flags, admirals of the red, of the white, and of the blue, 
with vice-admirals and rear-admirals of each flag; but in 
1864 this distinction was abolished, and all British men- 
of-war now display the white ensign. 
3. The recognized chief commander or director 
of a mercantile fleet, as one of fishing-vessels 
off Newfoundland or in the North Sea. A royal 
proclamation in 1708 ordered that the master of the first 
vessel that entered a harbor or creek in Newfoundland for 
the fishing season should be admiral thereof, the second 
vice-admiral, and the third rear-admiral. 
4. The ship which carries the admiral ; hence, 
the most considerable ship of any fleet, as of 
merchantmen or of fishing-vessels. 
The admiral of the Spanish Armada was a Flemish ship. 
Sir K. Hawkins, Voyage, p. 19. 
His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, 
Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast 
Of some great ammiral, were but a wand, 
He walk'd with to support uneasy steps 
Over the burning marie. Milton, P. L., i. 294. 
5. A collectors' name for butterflies of the 
family Papilionidte, especially the Limenitis Ca- 
milla, distinguished as white admiral, and the 
Vanessa atalanta, or red admiral. 6. A name 
given by collectors of shells to a univalve shell, 
the admiral-shell (which see) Admiral of the 
fleet, a title of distinction conferred on a few admirals in 
the British service, corresponding to that of field-marshal 
In the army. Lord high admiral, in Great Britain, the 
officer at the head of the naval administration when, as 
has been rarely the case since 1632, the office is held by 
a single person. See admiralty. Yellow admiral, a 
name applied in the British navy to a rear-admiral who is 
retired without having served afloat after his promotion. 
The inglorious condition of a retired or yellow admiral. 
That. Cochrane (Earl of Dundonald), Autobiog., II. 276. 
II. a. Carrying an admiral ; chief in a fleet. 
The admiral galley . . . struck upon a rock. 
Knolles, Hist. Turks. 
admiral-shell (ad'mi-ral-shel), n. A shell of 
the genus Contis, the Contis ammiralis, a species 
formerly esteemed as much for its rarity as for 
its beauty. 
adrairalsnip (ad'mi-ral-ship), >i. [< admiral + 
-ship.'] The office or position of an admiral. 
[Bare.] 
admiralty (ad'mi-ral-ti), n. [Early mod. E. 
admiraltie, amiraltye, amraltie, < ME. ami/ralte, 
ameraltc, amrelte, < OF. admiralte, amiraulte: 
see admiral and -ty. ] 1. In Great Britain : (a) 
The office and jurisdiction of the lords commis- 
sioners appointed to take the general manage- 
ment of maritime affairs, and of all matters re- 
lating to the royal navy, with the government 
of its various departments, (ft) The body of 
officers appointed to execute the office of lord 
high admiral ; a board of commissioners, called 
lords (or, in full, lords commissioners) of the ad- 
miralty, for the administration of naval affairs. 
(c) [cap.'} The building in which the lords of 
the admiralty transact business, and in which 
the clerks and other officials connected with 
this department are employed. 2. That branch 
of law which deals with maritime cases and of- 
fenses. 
Tile power [of the judges of the Supreme Court of the 
United States] extends ... to all cases of admiralty and 
marine jurisdiction. Calhoun, Works, I. 213. 
Admiralty court, or court of admiralty, a tribunal 
having jurisdiction over maritime causes, whether of a 
civil or criminal nature. In England it was formerly held 
before the lord high admiral, and afterward before his dep- 
uty or the deputy of the lords commissioners ; but now it 
forms a branch of the probate, divorce, and admiralty di- 
