Sister Minor

noun

Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

Similar
Poor Clare
OriginMedieval Latin sorores minores →
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Meanings

nounSister Minor (plural Sisters Minor)

plural Sisters Minor

  1. historicalobsoleteCatholicismSynonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

    ...any Graunte by us made unto the Abbas, Covent and Susters Minores withoute Algate of oure Citee of London...

    1473, Rolls of Parliament, volume VI, page 78

    Synonyms: Poor Clare

  2. CatholicismA nun of the Order of Mary Immaculate.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

Similar
Poor Clare
Also see
poor clare

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinsorores minores“lesser sisters”
  2. EnglishSister Minor

Calque of Medieval Latin sorores minores (“lesser sisters”) and its variants in Norman, Middle French, and Italian. Doublet of Sister Minoress.

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