Noun: Minorite
| Singular | Minorite |
| Plural | Minorites |
Sample Sentences
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Minores or Minorites descende from the aforesayd Barefootes, which be also vnder the rule and clothynge of S. Frauncisce. [1537, Anonymous, Original & Sprynge of All Sectes & Orders..., sig, C5v]
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Our inquisiturient Bishops, and the attendant minorites their Chaplains... [1644, John Milton, Areopagitica, section 9:]
Nouns inflected like Minorite
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Minorita, from Latin minor + -īta (“-ite”), from Ordo Fratres Minores (“Order of Friars Minor”), literally the "Order of the Lesser Brothers", chosen by St. Francis to inculcate humility in its members. Equivalent to minor + -ite. Doublet of minister. See: Latin Nouns '
minor'.