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minsters

minsters is the plural of minster.

Meaning of minster

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.

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Questions about minsters

What is minsters the plural of?
Minsters is the plural of minster.

Words near minsters in the dictionary

  1. minster house
  2. minster houses
  3. Minster Lovell
  4. Minster-on-Sea
  5. Minsterley
  6. minsters
  7. minstrel
  8. minstrel galleries
  9. minstrel gallery
  10. minstrel show
  11. minstrel shows

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