Minionship
Min″ion‐ship, n. State of being a minion.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Minious
Min″ious (?), a. [L. minium red lead.] Of the color of red or vermilion. Sir T. Browne.
Minish
Min″ish (?), v. t. [OE. menusen, F. menuiser to make small, cut small, fr. (assumed) LL. minutiare, for minutare, fr. L. minutus small. See Minute, a., and cf. Diminish, Minge.]...
Minishment
Min″ish‐ment (?), n. The act of diminishing, or the state of being diminished; diminution.
Minister
Min″is‐ter (?), n. [OE. ministre, F. ministre, fr. L. minister, orig. a double comparative from the root of minor less, and hence meaning, an inferior, a servant. See 1st Minor,...
Minister (2)
Min″is‐ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ministered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Ministering.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr. L. ministrare. See Minister, n.] To furnish or apply; to afford; t...
Minister (3)
Min″is‐ter, v. i. 1. To act as a servant, attendant, or agent; to attend and serve; to perform service in any office, sacred or secular.The Son of man came not to be ministered ...
Ministerial
Min′is‐te″ri‐al (?), a. [L. ministerialis: cf. F. ministériel. See Minister, and cf. Minstrel.]1. Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant.Enlightening spirit...
Ministerialist
Min′is‐te″ri‐al‐ist, n. A supporter of the ministers, or the party in power.
Ministerially
Min′is‐te″ri‐al‐ly, adv. In a ministerial manner; in the character or capacity of a minister.
Ministery
Min″is‐ter‐y (?), n. See Ministry. Milton.
Ministracy
Min″is‐tra‐cy (?), n. Ministration.
Ministral
Min″is‐tral (?), a. Ministerial. Johnson.
Ministrant
Min″is‐trant (mĭn″ĭs‐trant), a. [L. ministrans, -antis, of ministrare to minister.] Performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate. “P...
Ministration
Min′is‐tra″tion (?), n. [L. ministratio, fr. ministrare.] The act of ministering; service; ministry. “The days of his ministration.” Luke i. 23.
Ministrative
Min″is‐tra‐tive (?), a. Serving to aid; ministering.
Ministress
Min″is‐tress (?), n. [Cf. L. ministrix.] A woman who ministers. Akenside.
Ministry
Min″is‐try (?), n.; pl. Ministries (#). [L. ministerium. See Minister, n., and cf. Mystery a trade.]1. The act of ministering; ministration; service. “With tender ministry.” Tho...
Ministryship
Min″is‐try‐ship, n. The office of a minister. Swift.
Minium
Min″i‐um (?; 277), n. [L. minium, an Iberian word, the Romans getting all their cinnabar from Spain; cf. Basque armineá.] (Chem.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of a...
Miniver
Min″i‐ver (?), n. [See Meniver.] A fur esteemed in the Middle Ages as a part of costume. It is uncertain whether it was the fur of one animal only or of different animals.
Minivet
Min″i‐vet (?), n.(Zoöl.) A singing bird of India of the family Campephagidæ.
Mink
Mink (?), n. [Cf. 2d Minx.] (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal of the genus Putorius, allied to the weasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common American mink (P. vison)...
Minnesinger
Min″ne‐sing′er (?), n. [G., fr. minne love + singen to sing.] A love-singer; specifically, one of a class of German poets and musicians who flourished from about the middle of t...
Minnow
Min″now, n. [OE. menow, cf. AS. myne; also OE. menuse, OF. menuise small fish; akin to E. minish, minute.] [Written also minow.]1. (Zoöl.) A small European fresh-water cyprinoid...
Minny
Min″ny (?), n.(Zoöl.) A minnow.
Mino bird
Mi″no bird″ (mī″nō̍ bẽrd). [Hind. mainā.] (Zoöl.) An Asiatic bird (Gracula musica), allied to the starlings. It is black, with a white spot on the wings, and a pair of flat yell...