Minyann.¹adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪnɪən/, U.S.

/ˈmɪniən/

Forms: 1500s Mynian, 1500s–1600s Minian, 1700s– Minyan, 1800s Minyean.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Minyae ; Greek Μινύαι , -an suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin Minyae and its etymon ancient Greek Μινύαι (see Minyae n.) + -an suffix.In quot. 1598 at sense B. 1a in fact translating the ancient Greek adjective Μινύειος. The 19th-cent. form Minyean/mɪnɪˈiːən/ with four syllables is after this ancient Greek adjective.

A. n.¹

A member of an ancient people, said to have inhabited or originated in parts of central Greece (chiefly Orchomenus in Boeotia and Iolchus in Thessaly), with whom the legends concerning Jason and the Argonauts are associated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [noun] > person

Hellene1482

Pelasgianc1487

Ionian1542

Minyan1566

Minyae1567

Thracian1569

Ionic1577

Hellenian1598

Lapith1607

Minoan1902

Keftian1903

Thraco-Phrygian1946

1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea f. 13^v All the Minians that did come the golden Fleece to wyn.

1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 23 The Minians wives having obtained leave, To say valete to their dying Lords.

1709 I. Littlebury tr. Herodotus Hist. I. iv. 416 Their Answer was, that they were Minyans, Grandsons of those Heroes who sail'd in the Argos.

1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop II. xvi. 67 The Minyans..reigned chiefly in Iolkos, in Southern Thessaly.

1929 F. W. Hasluck Christianity & Islam under Sultans II. xxv. 366 The role of the magician-philosopher-engineer Plato..proves to be similar to that of the Minyans in Boeotia.

1997 D. Ogden Crooked Kings of Anc. Greece 79 The Minyans were the descendants of the Argonauts by the monstrous women of Lemnos, who had killed their husbands.

B. adj.

a. Of, relating to, or designating the Minyans.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [adjective]

Pelasgianc1487

Ionical1566

Minyan1598

Pelasgic1715

Helladian1773

Minoan1830

proto-Greek1887

Keftian1929

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 35 Those who in Aspledon dwelt, and Mynian Orchomen.

1709 I. Littlebury tr. Herodotus Hist. I. iv. 416 When the Lacedemonians heard they were of Minyan Extraction, they sent another Messenger.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. v. 149 Corinth, one of the principal seats of the Minyan race.

1881 H. Schliemann in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 2 152 A wall of unwrought stones..which Professor Sayce holds to be the ancient Minyean city wall.

1894 F. Clarke tr. A. Holm Hist. Greece I. vii. 65 The oldest accounts of the Minyae are to be found in Homer where the Boeotian Orchomenus is mentioned as a Minyan city.

1994 I. Malkin Myth & Territory in Spartan Mediterranean 88 The account of Herodotus represents the Spartans as officially resolving the Minyan crisis by sending the Minyans to Kalliste–Thera.

b. Of or relating to settlers of unknown origin who appeared in mainland Greece around 2000 b.c. and who are now thought to be responsible for the introduction of Minyan ware (sense B. 2).These settlers are now regarded as distinct from the people described in sense A.: see quot. 1964.

ΚΠ

1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods viii. 190 The Greek mainland was conquered by a new people from the north, the bearers of the so-called Minyan culture.

1964 E. Vermeule Greece in Bronze Age iii. 72 The tribal name Minyan must be strenuously distinguished from the archaeological label ‘Minyan’ for the invaders who bring the Middle Helladic Age to Greece. We have no idea at all what these newcomers called themselves.

1969 A. Toynbee Some Probl. Greek Hist. i. ii. 16 We shall find independent legendary evidence of a Cretan origin for..the Minyan settlements.

2. Archaeology. Designating a type of highly polished grey pottery first found at Orchomenus and originally attributed to the Minyans. Esp. in Minyan ware.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > ancient Greek

Thericlean1702

Samian1779

black-figure1867

Minyan1912

Protogeometric1914

Kerch1936

1912 A. J. B. Wace & M. S. Thompson Prehist. Thessaly 21 Minyan Ware. This class of pottery was first found in any quantity by Schliemann at Orchomenos.

1925 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization v. 78 It is only in Central Greece that Minyan ware occurs in such quantities.

1958 L. Cottrell Anvil of Civilisation x. 138 These invaders are characterised by a certain type of plain-grey pottery called Minyan.

1989 J. P. Mallory In Search of Indo-Europeans iii. 70 The relevant evidence includes..perforated stone ‘battle-axes’, clay ‘anchors’ and the incessantly discussed Minyan ware.

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

minyann.²

Brit.

/ˈmɪnjən/,

/mɪnˈjɑːn/, U.S.

/ˈmɪnj(ə)n/,

/minˈjɑn/

Inflections: Plural minyanim Brit.

/mɪnjəˈniːm/,

/mɪnˈjɒnɪm/, U.S.

/ˌmɪnjəˈnim/,

/mɪnˈjɔnɪm/, minyans.

Forms: 1700s 1900s– minyon, 1800s– minion, 1800s– minyan, 1900s– minyen (rare). Also with capital initial.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Yiddish. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Etymons: Yiddish minyen; Hebrew minyān.

Etymology: < Yiddish minyen and its etymon post-biblical Hebrew minyān, lit. ‘count, reckoning’ < Hebrew mānāh to count, number, reckon, assign; compare Aramaic and Syriac mĕnā to count, number, Arabic manā to count, number, Akkadian manū to count, number, apportion (compare maneh n., maund n.²).

Judaism.

The quorum of ten males over the age of thirteen required for formal public worship in Orthodox Judaism.Conservative and Reform Judaism have modified this custom, allowing women to be counted for a minyan.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > [noun] > worshipper > in a tabernacle > quorum of

minyan1753

1753 Jewish Ritual 53 This..is executed by the Priest in the Presence of ten Jews, which Number of Jewish Men, they call in Hebrew, A Minyon.

1853 Littell's Living Age 38 489 The Get is read by the Rabbi, and signed by the parties, in the presence of a Minyan.

1891 M. Friedländer Jewish Relig. 472 Women are disqualified for forming the quorum (minyan) required for public worship.

1893 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto (ed. 3) i. xii. 111 There was never lack of Minyan—the congregational quorum of ten.

1960 L. P. Gartner Jewish Immigrant vii. 215 In the early 1860's [in Leeds], there were barely the ten Jews required for a minyan.

1962 B.-Z. Abrahams tr. Glückel of Hameln Life iv. 78 A company of more than two minyanim.

1988 L. Wolf tr. Yiddish Folktales 237 Once upon a time women decided that they, too, wanted to form a minyen.

1992 Jewish Chron. 7 Feb. 14/4 It's an egalitarian minyan where men and women sit together.

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

单词	minyan
释义	Minyann.¹adj. Brit. /ˈmɪnɪən/, U.S. /ˈmɪniən/ Forms: 1500s Mynian, 1500s–1600s Minian, 1700s– Minyan, 1800s Minyean. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Minyae ; Greek Μινύαι , -an suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin Minyae and its etymon ancient Greek Μινύαι (see Minyae n.) + -an suffix.In quot. 1598 at sense B. 1a in fact translating the ancient Greek adjective Μινύειος. The 19th-cent. form Minyean/mɪnɪˈiːən/ with four syllables is after this ancient Greek adjective. A. n.¹ A member of an ancient people, said to have inhabited or originated in parts of central Greece (chiefly Orchomenus in Boeotia and Iolchus in Thessaly), with whom the legends concerning Jason and the Argonauts are associated. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [noun] > person Hellene1482 Pelasgianc1487 Ionian1542 Minyan1566 Minyae1567 Thracian1569 Ionic1577 Hellenian1598 Lapith1607 Minoan1902 Keftian1903 Thraco-Phrygian1946 1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea f. 13^v All the Minians that did come the golden Fleece to wyn. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 23 The Minians wives having obtained leave, To say valete to their dying Lords. 1709 I. Littlebury tr. Herodotus Hist. I. iv. 416 Their Answer was, that they were Minyans, Grandsons of those Heroes who sail'd in the Argos. 1867 F. M. Müller Chips from German Workshop II. xvi. 67 The Minyans..reigned chiefly in Iolkos, in Southern Thessaly. 1929 F. W. Hasluck Christianity & Islam under Sultans II. xxv. 366 The role of the magician-philosopher-engineer Plato..proves to be similar to that of the Minyans in Boeotia. 1997 D. Ogden Crooked Kings of Anc. Greece 79 The Minyans were the descendants of the Argonauts by the monstrous women of Lemnos, who had killed their husbands. B. adj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or designating the Minyans. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [adjective] Pelasgianc1487 Ionical1566 Minyan1598 Pelasgic1715 Helladian1773 Minoan1830 proto-Greek1887 Keftian1929 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 35 Those who in Aspledon dwelt, and Mynian Orchomen. 1709 I. Littlebury tr. Herodotus Hist. I. iv. 416 When the Lacedemonians heard they were of Minyan Extraction, they sent another Messenger. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. v. 149 Corinth, one of the principal seats of the Minyan race. 1881 H. Schliemann in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 2 152 A wall of unwrought stones..which Professor Sayce holds to be the ancient Minyean city wall. 1894 F. Clarke tr. A. Holm Hist. Greece I. vii. 65 The oldest accounts of the Minyae are to be found in Homer where the Boeotian Orchomenus is mentioned as a Minyan city. 1994 I. Malkin Myth & Territory in Spartan Mediterranean 88 The account of Herodotus represents the Spartans as officially resolving the Minyan crisis by sending the Minyans to Kalliste–Thera. b. Of or relating to settlers of unknown origin who appeared in mainland Greece around 2000 b.c. and who are now thought to be responsible for the introduction of Minyan ware (sense B. 2).These settlers are now regarded as distinct from the people described in sense A.: see quot. 1964. ΚΠ 1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods viii. 190 The Greek mainland was conquered by a new people from the north, the bearers of the so-called Minyan culture. 1964 E. Vermeule Greece in Bronze Age iii. 72 The tribal name Minyan must be strenuously distinguished from the archaeological label ‘Minyan’ for the invaders who bring the Middle Helladic Age to Greece. We have no idea at all what these newcomers called themselves. 1969 A. Toynbee Some Probl. Greek Hist. i. ii. 16 We shall find independent legendary evidence of a Cretan origin for..the Minyan settlements. 2. Archaeology. Designating a type of highly polished grey pottery first found at Orchomenus and originally attributed to the Minyans. Esp. in Minyan ware. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > ancient Greek Thericlean1702 Samian1779 black-figure1867 Minyan1912 Protogeometric1914 Kerch1936 1912 A. J. B. Wace & M. S. Thompson Prehist. Thessaly 21 Minyan Ware. This class of pottery was first found in any quantity by Schliemann at Orchomenos. 1925 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization v. 78 It is only in Central Greece that Minyan ware occurs in such quantities. 1958 L. Cottrell Anvil of Civilisation x. 138 These invaders are characterised by a certain type of plain-grey pottery called Minyan. 1989 J. P. Mallory In Search of Indo-Europeans iii. 70 The relevant evidence includes..perforated stone ‘battle-axes’, clay ‘anchors’ and the incessantly discussed Minyan ware. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). minyann.² Brit. /ˈmɪnjən/, /mɪnˈjɑːn/, U.S. /ˈmɪnj(ə)n/, /minˈjɑn/ Inflections: Plural minyanim Brit. /mɪnjəˈniːm/, /mɪnˈjɒnɪm/, U.S. /ˌmɪnjəˈnim/, /mɪnˈjɔnɪm/, minyans. Forms: 1700s 1900s– minyon, 1800s– minion, 1800s– minyan, 1900s– minyen (rare). Also with capital initial. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Yiddish. Partly a borrowing from Hebrew. Etymons: Yiddish minyen; Hebrew minyān. Etymology: < Yiddish minyen and its etymon post-biblical Hebrew minyān, lit. ‘count, reckoning’ < Hebrew mānāh to count, number, reckon, assign; compare Aramaic and Syriac mĕnā to count, number, Arabic manā to count, number, Akkadian manū to count, number, apportion (compare maneh n., maund n.²). Judaism. The quorum of ten males over the age of thirteen required for formal public worship in Orthodox Judaism.Conservative and Reform Judaism have modified this custom, allowing women to be counted for a minyan. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [noun] > worshipper > in a tabernacle > quorum of minyan1753 1753 Jewish Ritual 53 This..is executed by the Priest in the Presence of ten Jews, which Number of Jewish Men, they call in Hebrew, A Minyon. 1853 Littell's Living Age 38 489 The Get is read by the Rabbi, and signed by the parties, in the presence of a Minyan. 1891 M. Friedländer Jewish Relig. 472 Women are disqualified for forming the quorum (minyan) required for public worship. 1893 I. Zangwill Children of Ghetto (ed. 3) i. xii. 111 There was never lack of Minyan—the congregational quorum of ten. 1960 L. P. Gartner Jewish Immigrant vii. 215 In the early 1860's [in Leeds], there were barely the ten Jews required for a minyan. 1962 B.-Z. Abrahams tr. Glückel of Hameln Life iv. 78 A company of more than two minyanim. 1988 L. Wolf tr. Yiddish Folktales 237 Once upon a time women decided that they, too, wanted to form a minyen. 1992 Jewish Chron. 7 Feb. 14/4 It's an egalitarian minyan where men and women sit together. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.1566n.²1753
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Minyann.¹adj.

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