minster

A monastic church.

Noun

  1. A monastic church.
    • [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. - 2014...
  2. A cathedral church without any monastic connection.

Origin

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

Forms

minsters

Derived

Axminster Eastminster Ilminster minster house Minster Lovell Westminster