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minerval¹

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Learned borrowing from Latin Minervālis.

noun minervals

  1. archaic A gift given in gratitude by a student to a teacher; financial compensation paid to a teacher for their services. Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]

Minerval²

noun Minervals

  1. historical A member of the early Bavarian Illuminati, ranking above a novice.

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@misc{minerval_2026,
  title = {minerval},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minerval},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}