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Word entry · 7 letters

minster

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"Large church"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɪnstə/Part of speech nounSorted eimnrstStarts with MEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word 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.

Used in a sentence

  • [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.

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