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    Minster (?), n. [AS. mynster, fr. L. monasterium. See Monastery.] (Arch.) A church of a monastery.  The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (“Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.”), and is also improperly used for any large church.

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    Minster house, the official house in which the canons of a cathedral live in common or in rotation. Shipley.

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