minster
nounUK /ˈmɪnstə/ · US /ˈmɪnstɚ/
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.
1
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.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 Jul 2014:
2
A cathedral church without any monastic connection.
- Derived terms
- Axminster, Eastminster, Ilminster, minster house, Minster Lovell, Westminster