Synonyms for minster

Grammar : Noun

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Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪn stər

Top 10 synonyms for minster

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Définition of minster

Origin : Old English mynster "the church of a monastery" (8c.), from Late Latin monasterium (see monastery). Cf. Old French moustier, French moûtier, Old Irish manister.

As in cathedral : noun large church
As in church : noun religious institution, building

Example sentences :

We missed our morning mass, it will do us no harm to hear Nones in the Minster.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

It may be that he can prefer thee to some post about the minster.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

The Holy Well, which was inside the minster, is now covered up.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

Its minster was founded in the days of Æthelstan, but the remains are Norman work.
Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook

I have just come from the minster, but could see nothing of him there.
Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

His stately house of Fording could be seen on a clear day from the minster tower.
Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

I fancy it was he who was talking with you in the minster this afternoon, was it not?
Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

If he has visited this house, it has been to see Mr Westray about the restoration of the minster.
Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

But these are guerdons of yesterday in comparison with other relics the Minster guards.
Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Once more the workmen began the work of building the minster.
Extract from : « Legends of the Rhine » by Wilhelm Ruland

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