Minoress

== English == === Alternative forms === minoress === Etymology === From Medieval Latin minorissa, from Latin minor (“little, lesser”) + -issa (“-ess”), under influence from Norman frere-menouresse and Middle French sereur meneuresse (“lesser sister”), from menour (“minor”) + -esse (“-ess”), after the model of Medieval Latin Fratres Minores (“Lesser Brothers”), chosen by St. Francis to inculcate humility in the order's members. Equivalent to minor +‎ -ess. Doublet of minoress and Sister Minor. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪnərəs/, /ˈmaɪnəˌrɛs/, /ˈmaɪˌnɔrəs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌɪnərɪs/, /mʌɪnəˈrɛs/ === Noun === Minoress (plural Minoresses) (Catholicism) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare. ==== Derived terms ==== Sister Minoress ==== Translations ==== === References === “Minoress, n¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. “Minoress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.