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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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