minster
[min-ster]
noun
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
any large or important church, as a cathedral.
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Origin of minster
before 900; Middle English, Old English mynster (cognate with German Münster) < Vulgar Latin *monisterium, for Late Latin monastērium monastery
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Examples from the Web for minster
Historical Examples of minster
It may be that he can prefer thee to some post about the minster.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
We missed our morning mass, it will do us no harm to hear Nones in the Minster.
The Armourer's PrenticesCharlotte M. Yonge
The Holy Well, which was inside the minster, is now covered up.
England, Picturesque and DescriptiveJoel Cook
Its minster was founded in the days of Æthelstan, but the remains are Norman work.
England, Picturesque and DescriptiveJoel Cook
I have just come from the minster, but could see nothing of him there.
The Nebuly CoatJohn Meade Falkner
minster
noun
Word Origin for minster
Old English mynster, probably from Vulgar Latin monisterium (unattested), variant of Church Latin monastērium monastery
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