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  • 21Minor places in Middle-earth — Middle earth portal The stories of J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium contain references to numerous places. Some of these places are described below. See also: Minor places in Arda, Minor places in Beleriand, List o …

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  • 22Minor places in Beleriand — Middle earth portal J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium contains many locations. Some of the minor places in the region of Beleriand during the First Age are described below. It is to be supposed that all of them were destroyed in the… …

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  • 23Minor campaigns of 1815 — On 1 March 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from his imprisonment on the isle of Elba, and launched a bid to recover his empire. A confederation of European powers pledged to stop him. During the period known as the Hundred Days Napoleon chose to… …

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  • 24minor — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 lesser or comparatively small in size or importance (minor poet; minor operation). 2 Mus. a (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third, fifth and sixth, and seventh and eighth degrees. b (of an… …

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  • 25minor — I. adjective Etymology: Latin, smaller, inferior; akin to Old High German minniro smaller, Latin minuere to lessen Date: 1526 1. inferior in importance, size, or degree ; comparatively unimportant 2. not having reached majority 3. a. having half… …

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  • 26minor — ▪ I. minor mi‧nor 1 [ˈmaɪnə ǁ ər] noun [countable] LAW someone who is below the age at which they become legally responsible for their actions: • The bank does not normally lend to minors.   [m0] ▪ II. minor minor 2 adjective …

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  • 27minor — mi•nor [[t]ˈmaɪ nər[/t]] adj. 1) lesser, as in size, extent, or amount, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share[/ex] 2) lesser, as in seriousness, importance, or rank: a minor wound; a minor role[/ex] 3) under full legal age 4) edu of …

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  • 28Minor prophet — A minor prophet is one of the writings in the Twelve Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible, also known to Christians as the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. Twelve individuals had their names attributed to a section of the Hebrew Bible which… …

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  • 29minor — adjective 1》 having little importance, seriousness, or significance. 2》 Music (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth. Contrasted with major.… …

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  • 30Minor — A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than something else. For example, the teres minor muscle is smaller than the teres major muscle. In anatomy, wherever there is a minor, there is also… …

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