minster

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large or important church, especially a cathedral.

   Tourists climbed the steps of the great minster to admire the stained glass.

2. 2
   noun

   A church attached to a monastery.

   The ancient minster had served the monks for over a thousand years.

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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