GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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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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