Minyan
[ min-yuh n ]
/ ˈmɪn yən /
adjective
descended from Minyas.
being or pertaining to a gray, wheel-thrown pottery produced in ancient Greece during the early part of the Helladic period, c2000 b.c.
noun
Minyans. Also Min·yae
[min-yee] /ˈmɪn yi/.
the descendants of Minyas who inhabited Orchomenus in Boeotia and Iolcus in Thessaly.
Example sentences from the Web for minyae
And so Iphinoe came to the Minyae; and they asked with what intent she had come among them.
The Argonautica |Apollonius RhodiusThe Greeks who accompanied him were, like himself, natives of Thera, and descended partly from the race of the Minyae.
The Minyae were expelled by a Pelasgian tribe who came from Attica.
British Dictionary definitions for minyae
minyan
/ Hebrew (minˈjan, English ˈmɪnjən) /
noun plural minyanim (minjaˈnim) or minyans
the number of persons required by Jewish law to be present for a religious service, namely, at least ten males over thirteen years of age
Word Origin for minyan
literally: number