minor order
noun Roman Catholic Church.
the degree or grade of acolyte, exorcist, lector, or ostiary.
QUIZZES
CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!
How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text!
Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.
Question 1 of 10
In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.
Compare major order.
Origin of minor order
First recorded in 1835–45
Words nearby minor order
minor element, minor hysteria, minor key, minor league, minor mode, minor order, minor orders, minor party, minor penalty, minor piece, minor planet
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Example sentences from the Web for minor order
At the time, Valli was in Europe, married to a fascist type who was minor-order royalty.
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