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Minoress¹

  • /ˈmaɪnərəs/ US
  • /ˈmaɪnəˌrɛs/ US
  • /ˈmaɪˌnɔrəs/ US
  • /ˈmʌɪnərɪs/ UK
  • /mʌɪnəˈrɛs/ UK

Where it comes from

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.

noun Minoresses · minoress

  1. Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare. Also I. bequethe to the Religiouse Wommen the Menouresses dwellyngge witħoute algate of london̄, C. s. to be departed amonge [hem] by euene porcion̄, for to synge and rede and to praye diuine seruice for my lordes soule Sir Thomas West, and myn, and for alle christene soules, and for the estates of

    Similar: Poor Clare

minoress²

Where it comes from

From Medieval Latin minorissa.

noun minoresses

  1. 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.

minoress³

  • /ˈmaɪnərɪs/

Where it comes from

From minor + -ess.

noun minoresses

  1. rare 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?"

    Similar: girl

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noun a nun of the Order of Saint Clare

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@misc{minoress_2026,
  title = {minoress},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/minoress},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}