plural of cleric in minor orders

(Catholicism, historical) A member of one of the four minor orders of the Catholic Church.

plural of minor civil division

(US, geography) A primary governmental and/or administrative division of a county or county-equivalent, typically a municipal government such as a city, town, or civil township.

(Canada) A visually recognizable racial group, excluding aboriginal peoples, whose members constitute less than half of a population; an individual member of such a group.

A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live.

A committee report written by at least two committee members to state their official position on an issue, when those members are in the minority on that issue (not necessarily in the political minority party).

A person who is not a binary cisgender person (i.e. a transgender or non-binary person), or these people collectively. (Also used attributively.)

plural of minority government

(politics) a civic governing coalition whereby the Mayor's political allies in city council hold a minority of the seats; a form of minority government . As a Mayor may be directly elected, the allied councillors need not hold a plurality of the seats, the opposition alliance on council may contain a majority of the seats on council.