minster

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪnstə/    美 /ˈmɪnstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A monastic church.
    — [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.
  2. A cathedral church without any monastic connection.

词形变化

minsters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Axminster Eastminster Ilminster minster house Minster Lovell Westminster

词源

From Middle English mynster (see mynisterie), from Old English mynster, from Latin monastērium (“monastery”), from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion, “monastery; solitary dwelling”). Doublet of monastery.
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