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&fist; In hereditary monarchies, the minority of a sovereign ends
at an earlier age than of a subject. The minority of a sovereign of
Great Britain ends upon the completion of the eighteenth year of his
age.

2. (Logic) The minor term, that is,
the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that
premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms,
the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a regular
syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of
meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of
injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming
partakes of meanness.

3. A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.

Mi"nor*ate (?), v. t. [L.
minoratus; p. p. of minorare to diminish, fr.
minor, a. See 1st Minor.] To diminish. [R.]
Sir T. Browne.

Mi`nor*a"tion (?), n.


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