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Definition of Minoresses

Minoresses
Franciscan Fran*cis"can, a. [LL. Franciscus Francis: cf. F. franciscain.] (R. C. Ch.) Belonging to the Order of St. Francis of the Franciscans. Franciscan Brothers, pious laymen who devote themselves to useful works, such as manual labor schools, and other educational institutions; -- called also Brothers of the Third Order of St. Francis. Franciscan Nuns, nuns who follow the rule of t. Francis, esp. those of the Second Order of St. Francis, -- called also Poor Clares or Minoresses. Franciscan Tertiaries, the Third Order of St. Francis.

Meaning of Minoresses from wikipedia

- Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis,...
- is derived from the former Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate, founded in 1294. The minoresses were nuns, the name being an anglicisation...
- The Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate was a monastery of Franciscan women living an enclosed life, established in the late 13th century...
- privileges as Marcher lords. In 1293, Edmund founded the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate, a convent for the Order of Poor Clares,...
- she built a London house in the precinct of the Franciscan convent of Minoresses, Aldgate. A good idea of her lifestyle in the last 25 years of her life...
- childbirth Isabel (12 March 1385/1386 – c.1421), a nun of the Order of Minoresses As he was attainted as a traitor, his dukedom of Gloucester was forfeit...
- Lady Chapel, Anne's coffin was moved to a vault under the Abbey of the Minoresses of St. Clare without Aldgate, run by nuns of the Order of Poor Clares...
- who became a nun and died of the Black Plague in the Convent of the Minoresses without Aldgate, London, in 1515. Edmund's younger brother, Richard de...
- commonly stated that she was buried in the nun's choir of the Convent of the Minoresses outside Aldgate. In her will, she left money to be distributed to the...
- Hearts of Jesus and Mary founded 1904; dissolved 1910; Minoresses — from Rennes 1914-1920; Minoresses — from Bullingham 1922-1981; Franciscan c.1925; Carmelite —...