Minerval
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A gift given in gratitude by a student to a teacher; financial compensation paid to a teacher for their services. archaic
"Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]"
- 2 A member of the early Bavarian Illuminati, ranking above a novice. historical
Example
More examples"Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]"
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Minervālis.
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