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Mi"nor*ess (?), n. See
Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan,
a.

Mi"nor*ite (?), n. [L. minor
less. Cf. 2d Minor, 3.] A Franciscan friar.

Mi*nor"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Minorities (#). [Cf. F. minorité. See
Minor, a. & n.]

1. The state of being a minor, or under
age.

2. State of being less or small. [Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

3. The smaller number; -- opposed to
majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the
majority.

Mi"nos (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] (Class.
Myth.) A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of
Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower
Regions.

Min"o*taur (m&ibreve;n"&ocl;*t&add;r),
n. [L. Minotaurus, Gr.
Minw`tayros; Mi`nos, the husband of
Pasiphaë + tay^ros a bull, the Minotaur being the
offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull: cf.


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