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Middle English
Noun
mynster
- Alternative form of ministre
Old English
Etymology
From Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion).
Noun
mynster n
- monastery, nunnery, mother-church, cathedral[1]
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
...and hēt hine warnian, ġif he wolde libban, þæt hē nǣre on ðām mynstre nǣfre eft ġesewen...- ...and gave orders to warn him, if he wished to live, that he should never be seen in the monastery again...
Declension
Declension of mynster (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, J. R. Clarke Hall, 1894, 4th ed., 1960, page 244