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minster

Syllables: min·ster/ˈmɪnstə/US/ˈmɪnstɚ/

minster noun: a monastic church.

minster: a monastic church
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Noun

minster (plural minsters)

  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 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...
  2. A cathedral church without any monastic connection.

Proper noun capitalized: Minster

Minster

  1. A large village in Minster-on-Sea parish, on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9573).
  2. A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3164).
  3. A former civil parish in Cornwall, England, now part of Forrabury and Minster.
  4. A surname.

minster meaning in Urdu and Kannada

minster in Urdu

گرجا

minster in Kannada

ಚರ್ಚು, ಆರಾಧನ ಮಂದಿರ, ಇಗರ್ಜಿ, ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಚರ್ಚು

Forms of minster

pluralminsters

Plural of minster: minsters

Origin of minster

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.

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Phrases with minster

Words that rhyme with minster

Questions about minster

What does minster mean?
Minster means a monastic church.
What is minster in Urdu?
Minster in Urdu is گرجا. See Minster meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is minster?
Minster can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce minster?
Minster is pronounced /ˈmɪnstə/.
What is the plural of minster?
The plural of minster is minsters.

Words near minster in the dictionary

  1. Minskyans
  2. Minsmere
  3. Minson
  4. Minsons
  5. Minstead
  6. minster
  7. minster house
  8. minster houses
  9. Minster Lovell
  10. Minster-on-Sea
  11. Minsterley

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: minster (page history and authors); Minster (page history and authors); minster (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minster (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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