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minster

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/ˈmɪnstə/
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Definition of minster

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A monastic church.
    “[F]urther south in Kent, there was St. Mildred, whose mother, in 670, founded the minster that still stands there in good nick, with nine nuns who are an ever-present help in trouble to all religions and none.”
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noun

  1. A monastic church.
    “[F]urther south in Kent, there was St. Mildred, whose mother, in 670, founded the minster that still stands there in good nick, with nine nuns who are an ever-present help in trouble to all religions and none.”
  2. A cathedral church without any monastic connection.

name

  1. A large village in Minster-on-Sea parish, on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9573).
  2. A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3164).
  3. A former civil parish in Cornwall, England, now part of Forrabury and Minster.
  4. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle English mynster (see mynisterie), from Old English mynster, from Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “monastery; solitary dwelling”). Doublet of monastery.

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