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min⋅ster

[min-ster]
–noun
1. a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
2. any large or important church, as a cathedral.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE mynster (c. G Münster) < VL *monisterium, for LL monastērium monastery
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min·ster   (mĭn'stər)   
n.   Chiefly British
A monastery church.

[Middle English, from Old English mynster, from Vulgar Latin *monistērium, from Late Latin monastērium, monastery; see monastery.]
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minster 
O.E. mynster "the church of a monastery," from L.L. monasterium (see monastery). Cf. O.Fr. moustier, Fr. moûtier, O.Ir. manister.
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