Minster

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Chiefly British A monastery church.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a monastic church
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (), and is also improperly used for any large church.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Originally, a monastery; afterward, the church of a monastery; also, from the fact that many such churches, especially in Great Britain, became cathedrals, a cathedral church which had such an origin: as, York minster; hence, any cathedral: as, the minster of Strasburg.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery
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    cathedral   
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    Westminster    spinster   
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    chantry    townhall    cathedral-like    earledome    belfry    priory    out-jutting    ghostliness    may'st