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MINSTER (from See also:Lat. monasterium; cf. See also:German See also:Munster) , the See also:church of a monastery, or one to which a monastery has been attached. In the loth See also:century the name was applied to the churches of outlying parishes, and is now given to some of the See also:English cathedrals, such as See also:York, See also:Lincoln, See also:Ripon and See also:Southwell, and to large churches or abbeys, like those of See also:Sherborne, See also:Wimborne or See also:Westminster.

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