mynster
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
mynster
- Alternative form of ministre
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion).
Noun[edit]
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...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Declension[edit]
Declension of mynster (strong a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, J. R. Clarke Hall, 1894, 4th ed., 1960, page 244