noun. A monastery church.

noun. A large church, especially a collegiate church or a cathedral.

noun. Originally, a monastery; afterward, the church of a monastery; also, from the fact that many such churches, especially in Great Britain, became cathedrals, a cathedral church which had such an origin: as, York minster; hence, any cathedral: as, the minster of Strasburg.

noun. A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (), and is also improperly used for any large church.

noun. the official house in which the canons of a cathedral live in common or in rotation.

noun. a monastic church

noun. any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery

"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."

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