minster
minster
Definition
min·ster (min′stər)
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
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