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单词 minor canon
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canon2 /kanˈən/

noun
  1. A member of a body of clergymen serving a cathedral or other church and living under a rule
  2. A clerical dignitary belonging esp to a cathedral, enjoying special emoluments, and obliged to reside there part of the year
ORIGIN: OE canonic, from L canonicus, from canōn; see canon1

canˈoness noun

  1. A member of a community of women living under a religious rule but not under a vow
  2. A woman holding a prebend or canonry, often living in the secular world

canonˈicate noun

The rank or office of a canon

canˈonry noun

  1. The office or benefice of a canon
  2. Canons collectively
  3. (often with cap) a building in which a canon resides

canon regular noun

A member of either of two religious orders (Augustinian or Black Canons, and Premonstratensian or White Canons) who live in communities as monks but perform the duties of secular clergy

canon residentiary noun

A canon obliged to reside at a cathedral and take a share in the duty

canon secular noun

A canon who is not a canon regular

honorary canon

A person with the titular rank of canon in a cathedral, but without duties or emoluments

minor canon

A person who conducts cathedral services but is not a member of the chapter

minor /mīˈnər/

adjective
  1. Lesser
  2. Inferior in importance, degree, bulk, etc
  3. Inconsiderable
  4. Lower
  5. Smaller (than major) by a semitone (music)
  6. In boys' schools, junior (placed after a surname)
  7. (of change-ringing) using six bells
  8. (with cap) Minorite
noun
  1. A person under the legal age of majority
  2. The minor term, or minor premise (logic)
  3. (with cap) a Minorite or Minoress
  4. Anything that is minor opposed to major
  5. A subsidiary subject studied at college or university (N American)
  6. A student of such a subject
  7. (in pl) the minor leagues in baseball, etc (N American)
intransitive verb (N American; with in)

To study as a minor, subsidiary subject at college or university

ORIGIN: L minor less; cf minus

minoritaire /mē-nor-ē-ter/ noun (French)

A member of a minority section of a political (esp Socialist) party

Mīˈnorite adjective

Relating to or designating a Franciscan order observing the strict rule of St Francis

noun

A member of such an order (also fem Mīˈnoress)

minority /min- or mīn-orˈi-ti/ noun

  1. The condition or fact of being little or less
  2. The state or time of being under age (also mīˈnorship)
  3. The smaller number
  4. Less than half
  5. The party, social group, section of the population, etc of smaller numbers
  6. The number by which it falls short of the other party, opp to majority
adjective

Of the minority

minor axis noun

(in conics) that perpendicular to the major axis

minor canon see under canon2

minority carrier noun (electronics)

In a semiconductor, the type of carrier electrons or holes which carries the lesser degree of measured current

minority group noun

A section of the population with a common interest, characteristic, etc which is not common to most people

minority report noun

A report issued by a minority group of committee members to state their official position when they disagree with the majority

minor key, minor mode or minor scale noun

A key, mode or scale with its third a minor third above the tonic

minor orders plural noun

The lower degrees of holy orders, ie porter, exorcist, lector and acolyte

minor piece noun (chess)

A bishop or knight

minor planet noun

An asteroid

minor poet noun

A genuine but not great poet

minor premise noun (logic)

That in which the minor term occurs

minor prophets plural noun

The twelve from Hosea to Malachi in the Old Testament

minor suit noun (bridge)

Clubs or diamonds

minor term noun (logic)

The term which is the subject of the conclusion

minor third noun (music)

An interval of three semitones

minor tone noun

An interval with a vibration ratio of 9:10

in a minority of one

Alone

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