"minoress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: minoresses [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin minorissa. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ML.|minorissa}} Medieval Latin minorissa Head templates: {{en-noun}} minoress (plural minoresses)
  1. (Catholicism) Alternative letter-case form of Minoress: a Poor Clare. Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Minoress (extra: a Poor Clare) Categories (topical): Catholicism, Children, Monasticism, People, Women
    Sense id: en-minoress-en-noun-pHUwe884 Disambiguation of Children: 95 5 Disambiguation of Monasticism: 98 2 Disambiguation of People: 91 9 Disambiguation of Women: 62 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ess Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ess: 92 8 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmaɪnərɪs/ Forms: minoresses [plural]
Etymology: From minor + -ess. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|minor|ess}} minor + -ess Head templates: {{en-noun}} minoress (plural minoresses)
  1. (rare) Synonym of girl: a female minor. Tags: rare Synonyms: girl [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-minoress-en-noun-ajyttWMq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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