Associations to the word «Minster»

Wiktionary

MINSTER, noun. A monastic church
MINSTER, noun. A title adopted by a church with no monastic history for reasons of pretentiousness.
MINSTER HOUSE, noun. The official house in which the canons of a cathedral live in common or in rotation.

Dictionary definition

MINSTER, noun. Any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery.

Wise words

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