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Miʹnos

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A king and lawgiver of Crete, made at death supreme judge of the lower world, before whom all the dead appeared to give an account of their stewardship, and to receive the reward of their deeds.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Minerva
Minerva Press (The)
Miniature
Minie Rifle
Minims (Latin, Fratres Minimi, least of the brethren)
Minister
Minna Troil
Minnehaha [Laughing-water]
Minnesingers
Minories
Minos
Minotaur [Minos-bull]
Minotti
Minstrel
Mint
Minuit
Minute
Minute Gun
Miolnier
Mirabel
Miracles (Latin, miracŭlum)

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Minos