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Clergy
·noun The privilege or benefit of clergy. II. Clergy ·noun Learning; also, a learned profession. I...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
minor
mĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form, v. mino) [minae], to jut forth, project. I Lit. (only p...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
minor
minor (1) ātus, ārī, dep.minae, to jut forth, project : minantur In caelum scopuli, V.— To threate...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Minor
·noun A Minorite; a Franciscan friar. II. Minor ·adj Less by a semitone in interval or difference o...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Petras Minor
PETRAS MINOR(Πέτρας ὁ μικρός, Scyl. l. c.;Ptol. 4.5.2; Stadiasm. § 39), a harbour of Marmarica, half...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
minor axis
In a planetary orbit, signifies the line perpendicular to the major axis, and passing through the ce...

The Sailor's Word-Book
minor planets
See asteroids. ...

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ursa minor
An ancient northern constellation, in which the north polar star is situated. ...

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nubeculæ, major and minor
The Magellanic clouds (which see). ...

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