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English Dictionary: Minster by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
minster
n
  1. any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Minster \Min"ster\, n. [AS. mynster, fr. L. monasterium. See
      {Monastery}.] (Arch.)
      A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and
      applied to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist
      (as Beverly Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also
      improperly used for any large church.
  
      {Minster house}, the official house in which the canons of a
            cathedral live in common or in rotation. --Shipley.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Minster, OH (village, FIPS 50918)
      Location: 40.39432 N, 84.37950 W
      Population (1990): 2650 (935 housing units)
      Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45865
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