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Sister Minor
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English
Sisters Minor
Etymology
en la-med sorores minores lesser sisters and its variants in en nrf,frm,it - 1. en Sister Minoress.
Noun
Sisters Minor Sister Minor
en Catholicism obsolete _ or _ historical en Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
en 1473 Rolls of Parliament VI 78 ...any Graunte by us made unto the Abbas, Covent and Susters Minores withoute Algate of oure Citee of London...
en Catholicism A nun of the Order of Sisters Minor of Mary Immaculate Mary Immaculate.
Coordinate terms
en Friar Minor
References
minor adj. and n 118931 2022
en terms calqued from Medieval Latin nouns with irregular plurals
en People Women Monasticism