Library / English Dictionary

MINSTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("minster" is a kind of...):

cathedral (any large and important church)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Instance hyponyms:

Westminster Abbey (a famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery)

Holonyms ("minster" is a part of...):

monastery (the residence of a religious community)

Credits