minerval en · NOUN
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Minervālis.
Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| minervals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |