minor order
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of minor order
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Candidates for the Catholic priesthood no longer pass through the minor order of exorcist en route to ordination.
From Time Magazine Archive
The King of Beaver, in a crimson robe, walked the temple aisle, followed by his council, his twelve elders, and seventy ministers of the minor order.
From The King Of Beaver, and Beaver Lights From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
The destiny of the minor order of creation is to minister to the appetites or necessities of the lord of creation; and pleasurable excitement is a necessity.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus
There is also available some information in Xenophon's Essay upon the Revenues, Aristotle's Constitution of Athens, Lycurgus' prosecution of Diphilos, the Tablets of the Poletae, and many incidental references and inscriptions of minor order.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
The resulting changes were of a minor order, for the main features of the landscape and the principal drainage lines were the same in preglacial time as they are today.
From Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 by Sawyer-Harvey, Ruth
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