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Meaning of Minster | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmɪnstə

Definitions

  1. A monastic church.
  2. A large village in Minster-on-Sea parish, on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9573).
  3. A cathedral church without any monastic connection.
  4. A village and civil parish in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3164).
  5. A former civil parish in Cornwall, England, now part of Forrabury and Minster.
  6. A surname.

Equivalents

العربية الكاتدرائية
Deutsch Münster
Français Minster moutier
Македонски катедрала
Српски катедрала

Examples

“[F]urther south in Kent, there was St. Mildred, whose mother, in 670, founded the minster that still stands there in good nick, with nine nuns who are an ever-present help in trouble to all religions and none.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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