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minster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | cathedral |
Examples of minster
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Minster joined the AIM market in February 2005 and trades under the symbol MPM.
From the hemscott.com
The two west towers of the minster hold bells clock chimes and a concertcarillon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle also records that Ine built a minster at Glastonbury.
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The Old English minster was a collegiate church servicing a south Thames area.
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The present minster was begun in 1220 and completed at the end of the 15th century.
From the washingtontimes.com
The third minster who resigned, Krishna Palemar, is the alleged owner of the phone.
From the globalspin.blogs.time.com
It notes interior minster Sheikh Jaber al-Khalid Al Sabah attitude to the detainees.
From the guardian.co.uk
Minster Status was conferred on the Parish Church in a ceremony on 22 November 2009.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's something Andrew Adonis, the former schools minster, takes issue with.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery
- In current English usage, Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in Great Britain, most famously York Minster.
- A church served by a body of canons or prebendaries; the same as a collegiate church; in the north of England the term was also used for a cathedral
- A collegiate church that was originally a center of missionary activity when the surrounding population was being converted to Christianity, and now acts as an important church within a diocese to which surrounding parishes often owe some sort of service. ...
- The word has the same origin as 'monastery' and was a church of the early Christian Anglo-Saxon period, a centre of missionary activity during conversion to Christianity. ...
