See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

MINOR (See also:

• LAT

Lat. for smaller, lesser)  , a word used both as an See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective and as a substantive for that which is less than or inferior to another, and often correlatively opposed to that to which " See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major " is applied in the same See also:

• CONNOTATION

connotation . Among the numerous See also:

• SPECIAL

special uses of the word the following may be mentioned: " See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor Friars," sometimes known as " Minorites," i.e. the name (fratres minores, lesser See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers) given by St See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis to the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order he founded (see See also:

• FRANCISCANS (otherwise called Friars Minor, or Minorites; also the Seraphic Order ; and in England Grey Friars, from the colour of the habit, which, however, is now brown rather than grey)

FRANCISCANS); " minor canons " are clergymen attached to a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral or collegiate See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church who read and sing the daily service . In some cathedrals they are known as " vicars choral "; they are not members of the See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter . (For the distinction between See also:

• HOLY

holy and minor orders in See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• HIERARCHY (Gr. iepos, holy, and apxe.v, to rule)

hierarchy see ORDERS.) The name " Minor Prophets " is used collectively of the twelve See also:

• MINOS

MINOS prophetical books of the Old Testament from See also:

• HOSEA

Hosea to See also:

• MALACHI

Malachi inclusive . (For the distinction in See also:

• MUSIC

music between major and minor intervals, and for other applications of the correlative See also:

• TERM

term, see Music and See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

HARMONY.) In the categorical See also:

• SYLLOGISM (Gr. ovAAoytvµos, from en', and Xb-yor, an argument resulting from combination, i.e. of premises)

syllogism (q.v.) in See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic, the minor term is that term which forms the subject of the conclusion, the minor premiss is that which contains the minor term . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a " minor " is a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person under legal See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age (see See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

INFANT) . In See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics, the " minor of a See also:

• DETERMINANT

determinant " is the determinant formed by erasing an equal number of the ro*s and columns of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original determinant . If one See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column and See also:

• ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row be erased there is formed the first minor; if two rows and columns the second minor, and so on . The minor See also:

• AXIS (Lat. for " axle ")

axis of a central conic See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section is the shorter of the two See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal axes; it may also be regarded as the See also:

• LINE

line joining the two imaginary foci . In See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, the term minor See also:

• PLANETS, MINOR

planets is given to the members of the See also:

• SOLAR, SOLLER (Lat. solarium, Fr.• galetas, Ital. solaio)

solar See also:

• SYSTEM

system which have their orbits between those of See also:

• MARS
• MARS (MAYORS, MARMAR, MARSPITER GA MASPITER)
• MARS, MLLE [ANNE FRANCOISE HYPPOLYTE BOUTET] (1779-1847)

Mars and See also:

• JUPITER

Jupiter (see PLANETS, MINOR) .