minster

From Middle English menstre (see mynisterie), from Old English mynster, from Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “monastery; solitary dwelling”). Doublet of monastery.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnstə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnstɚ/
• Hyphenation: min‧ster

minster (plural minsters)

1. A monastic church.
   • 2014 July 20, Jane Gardam, “Give us a bishop in high heels [print version: “Give us a high-heeled bishop”, International New York Times, 22 July 2014, page 11]”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 21 July 2014:

     [F]urther south in Kent, there was St. Mildred, whose mother, in 670, founded the minster that still stands there in good nick, with nine nuns who are an ever-present help in trouble to all religions and none.

2. A cathedral church without any monastic connection.

Not to be confused with minister.

• Minters, entrism, minters, remints