(law, historical) A custom or right, analogous to borough English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, by which certain entailed estates, such as a homestead and adjacent land, descended to the youngest male heir.

plural of Minorite

(Catholicism) Synonym of Order of Friars Minor: the Franciscans, sometimes particularly the Conventuals.

(Catholicism) Synonym of Franciscan: a friar of the Order of Friars Minor. / (Christianity, obsolete) A lesser cleric.

(Catholicism) Synonym of Franciscan: Of or related to the Franciscans.

plural of Minoress

(Catholicism) Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.

Obsolete spelling of minorative

A political structure or process in which a minority segment of a population has a certain degree of primacy in that entity's decision making.

plural of minoritarian