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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)