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min·ster (minstər)

noun

any of various large churches or cathedrals: now chiefly in compounds Westminster

Etymology: ME mynstre < OE mynster < LL(Ec) monasterium, monastery

minster Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • build: The new wooden minster built by Edwin at York lay within what had been the headquarters building of the Roman legionary fortress.
  • consecrate: King Edward died and was buried in his recently built and consecrated west minster.
  • construct: They are constructing a minster of wood called the White Church for St Cuthbert's remains at Durham.
  • become: The monastery went on to become a minster, which in turn became the St. Peter's Church we know today.

Adjective modifier

  • prime: London practice Project Orange has designed a home in response to deputy prime minster John Prescott's call for an affordable £ 60,000 house.
  • new: The new wooden minster built by Edwin at York lay within what had been the headquarters building of the Roman legionary fortress.
  • Anglo-Saxon: But the fires burn out of control, destroying the Anglo-Saxon minster and killing many Normans.
  • former: What seems clear is that where parishes are smallest, the less evidence there is of a former minster.
  • old: In the years after the new Cathedral was complete, the old minster became the church of St Mary Major.
  • deputy: London practice Project Orange has designed a home in response to deputy prime minster John Prescott's call for an affordable £ 60,000 house.

Modifies a noun

  • church: Minster churches were often reluctant to give up rights to smaller parish churches.
  • parish: As a check I tested for the latest ideas on minster parishes and on the development of hundreds and Iron Age tribal territories.

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