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minervals

minervals is the plural of minerval.

Meaning of minerval

Noun

minerval (plural minervals)

  1. (archaic) A gift given in gratitude by a student to a teacher; financial compensation paid to a teacher for their services.
    • 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; […]1603, Plutarch, “The Contradictions of Stociek philoſophers”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1068

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Noun capitalized: Minervals

Minervals

  1. (plural) plural of Minerval

Questions about minervals

What is minervals the plural of?
Minervals is the plural of minerval.
What part of speech is minervals?
Minervals is a noun.

Words near minervals in the dictionary

  1. miners' canary
  2. miners' moss
  3. miners' safety candlestick
  4. Minerva
  5. minerval
  6. minervals
  7. Minervan
  8. Minervas
  9. Minervic
  10. Minervini
  11. Minervinis

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