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Minoress

noun
/ˈmaɪnərəs/US/ˈmʌɪnərɪs/UK/ˈmaɪnərɪs/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin minorissa, from Latin minor (“little, lesser”) + -issa (“-ess”), under influence from Norman frere-menouresse and Middle French sereur meneuresse (“lesser sister”), from menour (“minor”) + -esse (“-ess”), after the model of Medieval Latin Fratres Minores (“Lesser Brothers”), chosen by St. Francis to inculcate humility in the order's members. Equivalent to minor + -ess. Doublet of minoress and Sister Minor.

  1. derived from Fratres Minores
  2. derived from sereur
  3. derived from frere-menouresse
  4. derived from minor
  5. derived from minorissa

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Poor Clare

    Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

    • These Nunnes were of the order of S. Clare, and called Minoresses.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Minoress

    Alternative letter-case form of Minoress: a Poor Clare.

    • The chronicler Charles Wriothesley is the sole authority for the marriage of one Mistress Bures, a minoress of some 16 years standing, to the quondam abbot of Walden, Essex in 1538.

  3. Synonym of girl

    Synonym of girl: a female minor.

    • "Having the mistress and minoress on Aelon Prime is for their safety. If they are allowed to go to Station Thraen, then it would be like throwing them to the wolves." "The what?"

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