minster

(min′stər)

noun

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

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

See minster in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Chiefly British

A monastery church.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English mynster

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *monistērium

Origin: , from Late Latin monastērium, monastery; see monastery

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