Minorite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Minorite
1555–65; (Friars) Minor ( def. ), translation of Medieval Latin frātrēs minōrēs literally, “lesser brothers,” a name emphasizing their humility; see -ite 1
Example Sentences
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They take their names from those religious democrats, the Minorite friars of Saint Francis, who wear a girdle of rope over their coarse gray habit.
From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron
It has a cathedral church and a bishop Suffragans of the archbishopric of San Domingo and a monastery of the Minorite brothers.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
Odorico di Pordenone, a Minorite friar, travelled through India, by way of Persia, Bombay, and Surat, to Malabar, the Coromandel coast, and thence to China and Tibet.
From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Jacobs, Joseph
Who was its author is very doubtful, but the probabilities are in favour of Thomas de Celano, a Minorite friar, who lived during the second half of the fourteenth century.
From Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 by Various
The pious and liberal Minorite Ganganelli mounted the papal throne as Clement XIV., a.d. 1769-1774.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
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