MINSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minster mean? 

• MINSTER (noun)
  The noun MINSTER has 1 sense:

1. any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery

  Familiarity information: MINSTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("minster" is a kind of...):

cathedral (any large and important church)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Instance hyponyms:

Westminster Abbey (a famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery)

Holonyms ("minster" is a part of...):

monastery (the residence of a religious community)

 Context examples 

Beside it is the minster of the same saint, who hath the town under his very special care.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A new golden pyx will shine in the minster of Dinan if we come safely through with it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In front of the minster and abbey of St. Andrew's was a large square crowded with priests, soldiers, women, friars, and burghers, who made it their common centre for sight-seeing and gossip.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In Touraine I got nothing save a broken pate, but at Vierzon I had a great good fortune, for I had a golden pyx from the minster, for which I afterwards got nine Genoan janes from the goldsmith in the Rue Mont Olive.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)