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- Minor - a. - Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
- Minor - a. - Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.
- Minor - n. - A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age.
- Minor - n. - 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.
- Minor - n. - A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.
- Minorate - v. t. - To diminish.
- Minoration - n. - A diminution.
- Minoress - n. - See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a.
- Minorite - n. - A Franciscan friar.
- Minorities - pl. - of Minority
- Minority - a. & n. - The state of being a minor, or under age.
- Minority - a. & n. - State of being less or small.
- Minority - a. & n. - The smaller number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority.
- Story - n. - The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
- Jail - n. - A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- Precinct - n. - A district within certain boundaries; a minor territorial or jurisdictional division; as, an election precinct; a school precinct.
- Mode - n. - The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music.
- Gens - a. - A minor subdivision of a tribe, among American aborigines. It includes those who have a common descent, and bear the same totem.
- Cool - superl. - Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
- Assumption - n. - The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
- Emancipate - v. t. - To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country.
- Ditone - n. - The Greek major third, which comprehend two major tones (the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone).
- Epoch - n. - A division of time characterized by the prevalence of similar conditions of the earth; commonly a minor division or part of a period.
- Centurion - n. - A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.
- Scale - n. - The graduated series of all the tones, ascending or descending, from the keynote to its octave; -- called also the gamut. It may be repeated through any number of octaves. See Chromatic scale, Diatonic scale, Major scale, and Minor scale, under Chromatic, Diatonic, Major, and Minor.
- Tonsure - n. - The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders.
- Abduction - n. - A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.
- Asteroid - n. - A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.
- Variety - n. - In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.
- Subdeacon - n. - One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek Church.
- Acolyte - n. - One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.
- Vesta - n. - An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
- Gaol - n. - A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.
- Subsumption - n. - That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism.
- Minor - a. - Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
- Minor - a. - Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.
- D - - The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F.
- Merger - n. - An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater.
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- G789 Ἄσσος - 789 Ἄσσος - ἌΣΣΟΣ - - Ássos - as'-sos - probably of foreign origin; Assus, a city of Asia MInor:--Assos. - Noun Location - greek
- G2181 Ἔφεσος - 2181 Ἔφεσος - ἜΦΕΣΟΣ - - Éphesos - ef'-es-os - probably of foreign origin; Ephesus, a city of Asia Minor:--Ephesus. - Noun Location - greek
- G98 Ἀδραμυττηνός - 98 Ἀδραμυττηνός - ἈΔΡΑΜΥΤΤΗΝΌΣ - - Adramyttēnós - ad-ram-oot-tay-nos' - from (a place in Asia Minor); Adramyttene or belonging to Adramyttium:--of Adramyttium. - Noun Location - greek
- G773 Ἀσία - 773 Ἀσία - ἈΣΊΑ - - Asía - as-ee'-ah - of uncertain derivation; Asia, i.e. Asia Minor, or (usually) only its western shore:--Asia. - Noun Location - greek
- G775 Ἀσιάρχης - 775 Ἀσιάρχης - ἈΣΙΆΡΧΗΣ - - Asiárchēs - as-ee-ar'-khace - from Ἀσία and ἀρχή; an Asiarch or president of the public festivities in a city of Asia Minor:--chief of Asia. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G1191 Δέρβη - 1191 Δέρβη - ΔΈΡΒΗ - - Dérbē - der-bay' - of foreign origin; Derbe, a place in Asia Minor:--Derbe. - Noun Location - greek
- G2404 Ἱεράπολις - 2404 Ἱεράπολις - ἹΕΡΆΠΟΛΙΣ - - Hierápolis - hee-er-ap'-ol-is - from ἱερός and πόλις; holy city; Hierapolis, a place in Asia Minor:--Hierapolis. - Noun Location - greek
- G2430 Ἰκόνιον - 2430 Ἰκόνιον - ἸΚΌΝΙΟΝ - - Ikónion - ee-kon'-ee-on - perhaps from εἰκών; image-like; Iconium, a place in Asia Minor:--Iconium. - Noun Location - greek
- G2587 Καππαδοκία - 2587 Καππαδοκία - ΚΑΠΠΑΔΟΚΊΑ - - Kappadokía - kap-pad-ok-ee'-ah - of foreign origin; Cappadocia, a region of Asia Minor:--Cappadocia. - Noun Location - greek
- G2791 Κιλικία - 2791 Κιλικία - ΚΙΛΙΚΊΑ - - Kilikía - kil-ik-ee'-ah - probably of foreign origin; Cilicia, a region of Asia Minor:--Cilicia. - Noun Location - greek
- G2834 Κνίδος - 2834 Κνίδος - ΚΝΊΔΟΣ - - Knídos - knee'-dos - probably of foreign origin; Cnidus, a place in Asia Minor:--Cnidus. - Noun Location - greek
- G2857 Κολοσσαί - 2857 Κολοσσαί - ΚΟΛΟΣΣΑΊ - - Kolossaí - kol-os-sah'-ee - apparently feminine plural of kolossos ("colossal"); Colossæ, a place in Asia Minor:--Colosse. - Noun Location - greek
- G2993 Λαοδίκεια - 2993 Λαοδίκεια - ΛΑΟΔΊΚΕΙΑ - - Laodíkeia - lah-od-ik'-i-ah - from a compound of λαός and δίκη; Laodicia, a place in Asia Minor:--Laodicea. - Noun Location - greek
- G3070 Λυδία - 3070 Λυδία - ΛΥΔΊΑ - - Lydía - loo-dee'-ah - properly, feminine of Ludios (of foreign origin) (a Lydian, in Asia Minor); Lydia, a Christian woman:--Lydia. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G3071 Λυκαονία - 3071 Λυκαονία - ΛΥΚΑΟΝΊΑ - - Lykaonía - loo-kah-on-ee'-ah - perhaps remotely from λύκος; Lycaonia, a region of Asia Minor:--Lycaonia. - Noun Location - greek
- G3073 Λυκία - 3073 Λυκία - ΛΥΚΊΑ - - Lykía - loo-kee'-ah - probably remotely from λύκος; Lycia, a province of Asia Minor:--Lycia. - Noun Location - greek
- G3082 Λύστρα - 3082 Λύστρα - ΛΎΣΤΡΑ - - Lýstra - loos'-trah - of uncertain origin; Lystra, a place in Asia Minor:--Lystra. - Noun Location - greek
- G3399 Μίλητος - 3399 Μίλητος - ΜΊΛΗΤΟΣ - - Mílētos - mil'-ay-tos - of uncertain origin; Miletus, a city of Asia Minor:--Miletus. - Noun Location - greek
- G3460 Μύρα - 3460 Μύρα - ΜΎΡΑ - - Mýra - moo'-rah - of uncertain derivation; Myra, a place in Asia Minor:--Myra. - Noun Location - greek
- G3465 Μυσία - 3465 Μυσία - ΜΥΣΊΑ - - Mysía - moo-see'-ah - of uncertain origin; Mysia, a region of Asia Minor:--Mysia. - Noun Location - greek
- G3516 νήπιος - 3516 νήπιος - ΝΉΠΙΟΣ - - nḗpios - nay'-pee-os - from an obsolete particle (implying negation) and ἔπος; not speaking, i.e. an infant (minor); figuratively, a simple-minded person, an immature Christian:--babe, child (+ -ish). - Adjective - greek
- G3828 Παμφυλία - 3828 Παμφυλία - ΠΑΜΦΥΛΊΑ - - Pamphylía - pam-fool-ee'-ah - from a compound of πᾶς and πυρά; every-tribal, i.e. heterogeneous (χώρα being implied); Pamphylia, a region of Asia Minor:--Pamphylia. - Noun Location - greek
- G3959 Πάταρα - 3959 Πάταρα - ΠΆΤΑΡΑ - - Pátara - pat'-ar-ah - probably of foreign origin; Patara, a place in Asia Minor:--Patara. - Noun Location - greek
- G4010 Πέργαμος - 4010 Πέργαμος - ΠΈΡΓΑΜΟΣ - - Pérgamos - per'-gam-os - from πύργος; fortified; Pergamus, a place in Asia Minor:--Pergamos. - Noun Location - greek
- G4011 Πέργη - 4011 Πέργη - ΠΈΡΓΗ - - Pérgē - perg'-ay - probably from the same as Πέργαμος; a tower; Perga, a place in Asia Minor:--Perga. - Noun Location - greek