Crossword clues for minster
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English mynster "the church of a monastery" (8c.), from Late Latin monasterium (see monastery). Compare Old French moustier, French moûtier, Old Irish manister.
Wiktionary
n. 1 a monastic church 2 a title adopted by a church with no monastic history for reasons of pretentiousness.
WordNet
n. any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery
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Total area (2000): 1.877624 sq. miles (4.863024 sq. km)
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Location: 40.393706 N, 84.378266 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 45865
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Headwords:
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Wikipedia
Minster could mean:
- Minster (church)
- Minster Machine Company
Minster could also refer to:
- Minster, part of Forrabury and Minster
- Minster, Ohio
- Minster, Swale
- Minster-in-Thanet
- Minster (Reading ward), a ward of Reading Borough Council
- Minster (river), a river in the Swiss canton of Schwyz
Minster is an honorific title given to particular churches in England, most famously York Minster in York, Westminster in London and Southwell Minster in Southwell. The term minster is first found in royal foundation charters of the 7th century. Although it corresponds to the Latin monasterium or monastery, it then designated any settlement of clergy living a communal life and endowed by charter with the obligation of maintaining the daily office of prayer. Widespread in 10th-century Anglo-Saxon England, minsters declined in importance with the systematic introduction of parishes and parish churches from the 11th century onwards. It continued as a title of dignity in later medieval England, for instances where a cathedral, monastery, collegiate church or parish church had originated with an Anglo-Saxon foundation. Eventually a minster came to refer more generally to "any large or important church, especially a collegiate or cathedral church". In the 21st century, the Church of England has designated additional minsters by bestowing the status on existing parish churches.
Minster is an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It south-west of the town centre, straddling the canalised River Kennet. It is bordered clockwise by Battle, Abbey, Katesgrove, Whitley and Southcote wards.
As with all wards, apart from smaller Mapledurham, it elects three councillors to Reading Borough Council. Elections since 2004 are held by thirds, with elections in three years out of four.
Since 2010 a Labour Party or Labour and Co-operative Party candidate has won every election, namely in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
These Councillors are currently, in order of election: Paul Gittings (Lab), Liz Terry (Lab and Coop) and Marian Livingston (Lab).
The Minster is a river in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and a tributary of the Sihl river. It has a length of . Since the creation of the artificial Sihlsee reservoir by impounding the Sihl, the Minster now flows into the reservoir rather than directly into the river.
The river's headwaters lie near the Ibergeregg pass, on the slopes of the Furggelenstock and Firstspitz mountains. From there it flows in a north-western direction to the villages of Oberiberg and Unteriberg. Between the two villages, the river flows under the Jessenenbruecke bridge. Some below this bridge, the Minster receives the waters of the Waag river, whilst a further on, it flows into the southern end of the Sihlsee.
Usage examples of "minster".
Professor Willis in his account of the Minster, and my obligations to his excellent works are general and continuous.
Willis made careful and extensive observations of the Crypt and other parts of the Minster during the restoration, which gave him opportunities for investigation now impossible.
He repaired the minster at York, which had fallen almost into ruins, and built large churches at Hexham and Ripon.
The minster and its outlying buildings, the library, and the university were destroyed, and only one of three canons remained in residence.
In due course Thomas rebuilt the minster, or part of it, on a modest scale.
Norman choir of the minster, had the support of the king, who was engaged in the struggle with Becket.
In a hundred and fifty years the whole fabric of the minster, as it now is, was erected.
York Minster, and there his little son, William of Hatfield, was buried.
The archbishop was buried in the minster, and his tomb was much frequented by pilgrims in the north.
York several times, and gave a great cross to the minster, standing on six steps, each of which was ornamented with the figure of an angel.
Corporation in 1639, ordering them not to bring the official sword and mace into the minster, and to receive the Holy Communion there on certain fixed occasions.
During the siege the minster seems to have been spared as far as possible, mainly, perhaps, through the influence of Fairfax, but it did not escape entirely scatheless.
A Presbyterian service was at once held in the minster by the conquerors.
There can be little doubt that the great amount of stained glass still remaining in the minster is owing to the control he exercised over the Parliamentarians.
Fairfax, however, who remained as governor of the city, maintained the minster in scrupulous repair, and paid all the salaries of the necessary officials.