minster

See also: Minster

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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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnstə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnstɚ/
• Hyphenation: min‧ster

Noun

minster (plural minsters)

1. A monastic church.
   • 2014 July 20, Jane Gardam, “Give us a bishop in high heels [print version: “Give us a high-heeled bishop”, International New York Times, 22 July 2014, page 11]”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 21 July 2014:

     [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.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with minister.

Derived terms

• Axminster
• Eastminster
• Ilminster
• minster house
• Minster Lovell
• Westminster

Translations

monastic church

Bavarian: Minsta Bulgarian: манастирска черква (manastirska čerkva) French: moutier (fr) m German: Münster (de) n or m Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: dêr (ku) f Macedonian: мана́стирска цр́ква f (manástirska cŕkva) Manx: ard-cheeill f Russian: монасты́рская це́рковь f (monastýrskaja cérkovʹ) Swabian: Maischter

cathedral church without any monastic connection

Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: katedral (ku) f Macedonian: катедра́ла f (katedrála)

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• Minters, entrism, minters, remints