Minoressn.¹

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪnərᵻs/,

/mʌɪnəˈrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪnərəs/

Forms: Middle English meneresse, Middle English menoresse, Middle English menouresse, Middle English menowresse, Middle English mynoresse, 1600s– minoress.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French menouresse, meneuresse.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman menouresse (in frere-menouresse , with frere friar n. as first element) and Middle French meneuresse (1340 in sereur meneuresse , with sereur , variant of seror sister (French sœur ) as first element) < menour minor n. + -esse -ess suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin minorissa (1294; from a1307 in British sources).The convent of the Franciscan nuns outside Aldgate gave its name to the Minories, a street still existing in the City of London.

Now chiefly historical.

A Franciscan nun of the second order; a Poor Clare. Also Sister Minoress (chiefly in plural, in the names of Franciscan institutions).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Franciscan > [noun] > Poor Clare

Minoress1395

Clare1608

1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 7 The Religiouse Wommen, the Menouresses dwellyngge withoute algate of london.

1451 Rolls of Parl. V. 224/1 The Abbesse and Covent of the Susters Meneresses withoute Algate.

a1500 Rule Minoresses in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 81 Þe Abbes & þe couent of sustris Menowressis enclosid of þe monestre of oure ladi of þe diocise of Paris.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 755 These Nunnes were of the order of S. Clare, and called Minoresses.

1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 87/2 They were called Clares or Minoresses.

1823 W. Hutchinson Hist. & Antiq. Durham III. 84 It appears that Catharine became a sister minoress of the house of Brisyerd, in Suffolk.

1897 Catholic Dict. (ed. 5) 726/2 The first monastery of Franciscan nuns or Minoresses formed in England (1293) was outside Aldgate.

1926 E. Hutton Franciscans in Eng. vi. 96 The Second Order of Franciscans was that for women, which S. Chiara,..called the Ordo Dominarum pauperum of Poor Ladies..while in England the nuns were known as Minoresses.

1986 Universe 20 June 33/4 Franciscan Minoresses..pray with the Church, live in community,..teach and nurse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† minoressn.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: minor n., -ess suffix¹.

Etymology: < minor n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare French regional mineresse (see Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. mĭnor). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (məi·nŏrės) /ˈmaɪnərɪs/.

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

A female minor (see minor adj. 3).

ΚΠ

1882 Imperial Dict. III. 175/2 Minoress, a female under age.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	minoress
释义	Minoressn.¹ Brit. /ˈmʌɪnərᵻs/, /mʌɪnəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈmaɪnərəs/ Forms: Middle English meneresse, Middle English menoresse, Middle English menouresse, Middle English menowresse, Middle English mynoresse, 1600s– minoress. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French menouresse, meneuresse. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman menouresse (in frere-menouresse , with frere friar n. as first element) and Middle French meneuresse (1340 in sereur meneuresse , with sereur , variant of seror sister (French sœur ) as first element) < menour minor n. + -esse -ess suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin minorissa (1294; from a1307 in British sources).The convent of the Franciscan nuns outside Aldgate gave its name to the Minories, a street still existing in the City of London. Now chiefly historical. A Franciscan nun of the second order; a Poor Clare. Also Sister Minoress (chiefly in plural, in the names of Franciscan institutions). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious order > Franciscan > [noun] > Poor Clare Minoress1395 Clare1608 1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 7 The Religiouse Wommen, the Menouresses dwellyngge withoute algate of london. 1451 Rolls of Parl. V. 224/1 The Abbesse and Covent of the Susters Meneresses withoute Algate. a1500 Rule Minoresses in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 81 Þe Abbes & þe couent of sustris Menowressis enclosid of þe monestre of oure ladi of þe diocise of Paris. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 755 These Nunnes were of the order of S. Clare, and called Minoresses. 1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 87/2 They were called Clares or Minoresses. 1823 W. Hutchinson Hist. & Antiq. Durham III. 84 It appears that Catharine became a sister minoress of the house of Brisyerd, in Suffolk. 1897 Catholic Dict. (ed. 5) 726/2 The first monastery of Franciscan nuns or Minoresses formed in England (1293) was outside Aldgate. 1926 E. Hutton Franciscans in Eng. vi. 96 The Second Order of Franciscans was that for women, which S. Chiara,..called the Ordo Dominarum pauperum of Poor Ladies..while in England the nuns were known as Minoresses. 1986 Universe 20 June 33/4 Franciscan Minoresses..pray with the Church, live in community,..teach and nurse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † minoressn.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: minor n., -ess suffix¹. Etymology: < minor n. + -ess suffix¹. Compare French regional mineresse (see Französisches etymol. Wörterbuch s.v. mĭnor). N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (məi·nŏrės) /ˈmaɪnərɪs/. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A female minor (see minor adj. 3). ΚΠ 1882 Imperial Dict. III. 175/2 Minoress, a female under age. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹1395n.²1882
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