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plural Minorites
(Catholicism) Synonym of Franciscan: a friar of the Order of Friars Minor. quotations examples
Minores or Minorites descende from the aforesayd Barefootes, which be also vnder the rule and clothynge of S. Frauncisce.
1537, Anonymous, Original & Sprynge of All Sectes & Orders..., sig, C5v
(Christianity, obsolete) A lesser cleric. quotations
Our inquisiturient Bishops, and the attendant minorites their Chaplains...
1644, John Milton, Areopagitica, section 9
not comparable
(Catholicism) Synonym of Franciscan: Of or related to the Franciscans. quotations examples
The order of the Minors or Minorite Friers descended from one Francis... of... Asisium.
1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], book I, page
...a Frier Minorite, called Simon de Sanct. Quintin...
1598, Vincent of Beauvais, translated by Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations... of the English Nation, volume I, page 53