Definition of Miniment

1. n. A trifle; a trinket; a token.

Definition of Miniment

1. Noun. (obsolete) A trifle; a trinket; a token. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Miniment

1. muniment [n -S] - See also: muniment

Lexicographical Neighbors of Miniment

minimals
minimand
minimands
minimansion
minimansions
minimarathon
minimarathons
minimarket
minimarkets
minimart
minimarts
minimax
minimaxed
minimaxes
minimaxing
miniment (current term)
miniments
minimetropolis
minimetropolises
minimicrophone
minimicrophones
minimifidian
minimike
minimikes
minimill
minimills
minimin
minimisable
minimisation
minimisations

Literary usage of Miniment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"App. to that which was the shortest note in ancient music, and which is now equal to two crotchets. Fr.Minime; L.Minimum, the least. miniment, «.Le. ..."

2. The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary: Comprising the Terms and Phrases of American by Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf, James Christopher Cahill (1922)
"554- miniment. An old form of muniments (qv) Blount. MINIMUM EST NIHILO PROXIMUM. The least is next to nothing. Вас. Arg. Low's Case of Tenures. ..."

3. Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society by Mass.) Prison Discipline Society (Boston (1827)
"... at ' -'r J4'tul occupation, either in solitude or in small companies, resorting to strict "miniment for limited periods, as a severer punishment for the ..."

4. Suffolk Deeds by Suffolk County (Mass.), John Tyler Hassam (1894)
"... in due time vpon their reasonable demand all such deeds Evidences or writings charters or miniment's whatsoever that concerne on'y the afore bargained ..."

5. A Digested Abridgment, and Comparative View, of the Statute Law of England by Joseph Gabbett (1812)
"... whereby he may make answer; after that the 4 writs be returned, whether the miniment or remembrance be found for the king, ..."

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