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Mi⋅nor⋅ite

  [mahy-nuh-rahyt]
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–noun
Friar Minor.
Origin:
1555–65; (Friars) Minor, trans. of ML frātrēs minōrēs lit., lesser brothers, a name emphasizing their humility; see -ite 1
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Mi·nor·ite   (mī'nə-rīt')   
n.  A Franciscan friar.

[From Medieval Latin (Frātrēs) Minōrēs, minor (friars), from Latin minōrēs, pl. of minor, lesser; see minor.]
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