minster
IPA: mˈɪnstɝ
noun
- A monastic church.
- A cathedral church without any monastic connection.
- A large village in Minster-on-Sea parish, on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9573).
- A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3164).
- A former civil parish in Cornwall, England, now part of Forrabury and Minster.
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Examples of "minster" in Sentences
- Obama's minster is truning on him now and more will be revealed.
- The Cathedrall or minster is Large, Lofty and very neate, the Quire pretty.
- The minster is a Gothic church, and almost the only one in Germany which is actually finished.
- All this while Ely minster is in one's view at a mile distant you would think, but go, it is a Long 4 miles.
- Catholicism represented by the "minster," and he relearns his faith "from the book whose words are grav'd in light"
- Bible and the Psalter from Hebrew into Latin: and without the minster is the chair that he sat in when he translated it.
- There are a Great Many pretty Churches 16 in Number, but the minster is a noble building and holds in view at Least 30 miles before you Come to it.
- There are two Churches; Ely minster is a Curious pile of Building all of stone, the outside full of Carvings and great arches and fine pillars in the front, and the jnside has the greatest variety and neatness in the works.
- The minster is a stately structure but old, ye outside has been finely Carv'd and full of Images as appears by the nitches and pedistalls wch remaine very Close all over the walls, and still just at ye front remaines some Statues of ye Kings of Jerusalem and some angels and Cherubims.
- The gates beneath the outer arch are kept locked save on Sundays, as are frequently the gates in the railings surrounding the churchyard to the south of the minster, which is divided from the churchyard on the north side by the church itself and by railings at the east and west ends of it.
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