minster

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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. 2
   noun

   any of certain cathedrals and large churches

3. 3
   noun

   A cathedral church without any monastic connection.

4. 4
   name

   A large village in Minster-on-Sea parish, on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9573).

5. 5
   name

   A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3164).

6. 6
   name

   A former civil parish in Cornwall, England, now part of Forrabury and Minster.

7. 7
   name

   A surname.

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.