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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MIN'STER, n. A monastery; an ecclesiastical convent or fraternity; but it is said originally to have been the church of a monastery; a cathedral church.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, monastery, church attached to a monastery, from Old English mynster, from Late Latin monasterium monastery Date: before 12th century a large or important church often having cathedral status

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a large or important church (York Minster). 2 the church of a monastery. Etymology: OE mynster f. eccl.L monasterium f. Gk monasterion MONASTERY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Minster Min"ster, n. [AS. mynster, fr. L. monasterium. See Monastery.] (Arch.) A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also improperly used for any large church. Minster house, the official house in which the canons of a cathedral live in common or in rotation. --Shipley.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Cathedral church.