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In English usage, a Minster is a particular type of church. The term can refer to a cathedral, such as York Minster and Southwell Minster; and conversely Lincoln Cathedral and Ripon Cathedral are also sometimes referred to as minsters. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral York Minster is a Gothic Cathedral in York, England and is the second largest of its kind in Northern Europe (largest is the Southwell Minster is a minster and Cathedral, in the English town of Southwell in Nottinghamshire, six miles away from Lincoln Cathedral (in full The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, or sometimes St Ripon Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds and the Motherchurch of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, situated in the small ^[1]^[2] However, the term normally refers to a collegiate church. In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the Daily office of worship is maintained by a College of canons; a non-monastic or

The word is from the Old English "mynster", meaning "monastery", "nunnery", "mother church" or "cathedral", itself derived from the Latin "ministerium", meaning “service, assistance”. This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. An abbey (from Latin abbatia derived from Syriac abba "father" is a Christian Monastery or In Christianity, the term mother church or Mother Church may have one of five meanings The first Mission church in an area or a Pioneer Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It refers to the "canonical hours", sung at set hours in a minster. Canonical hours are divisions of time developed by the Christian Church, serving as increments between the prescribed Prayers of the daily round ^[3] Thus, "minster" originally applied to the church of a monastery or a chapter: historically, a minster was ruled by an abbot, except when it had cathedral status, when it would be ruled by a bishop. This article concerns the buildings occupied by monastics. For the life inside monasteries and its historical roots see Monasticism. Chapter ( Latin capitulum) designates certain corporate ecclesiastical bodies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Nordic Lutheran The word abbot, meaning Father, is a title given to the head of a Monastery in various traditions including Christianity. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Westminster Abbey, in the city of Westminster, is not a cathedral, nor is it under the jurisdiction of a bishop, since it is a royal peculiar. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status. A Royal Peculiar (or Royal Peculier) is a place of worship that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the British monarch, rather than a Diocese Nevertheless, in pre-Reformation England, some cathedrals, such as Worcester, were also monastic. The Protestant Reformation was a reform movement in Europe that began in 1517 though its roots lie further back in time Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican Cathedral in Worcester, England situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn.

In England, in addition to the cathedrals mentioned previously, the following are large churches, which may have been collegiate before the reformation but are not the seat of a diocesan bishop: Beverley Minster, Wimborne Minster, Reading Minster, Doncaster Minster, Sunderland Minster, Iwerne Minster, Stow Minster, Dewsbury Minster, Berkeley Minster, Tewkesbury Minster, Howden Minster, St. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Beverley Minster, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire is a Parish church in the Church of England. This article is about the town Wimborne Minster For the church of Wimborne Minster see Wimborne Minster. Reading Minster, or the Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin as it is more properly known is the oldest ecclesiastical foundation in the English town of The Minster and Parish Church of St George Doncaster, also known as Doncaster Minster is a Parish church in the Church of England. Sunderland Minster Church of St Michaels and All Angels (commonly known as Sunderland Minster) is a church in Sunderland city centre England Iwerne Minster is a Village in North Dorset, England, situated under Cranborne Chase in the Blackmore Vale just off the Stow (or archaically Stow-in-Lindsey) is a small village and Civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England Dewsbury is a Market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. Berkeley (ˈbɑːkli is a town between the south bank of the River Severn and the M5 motorway within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire Tewkesbury (ˈtjuːksbri is a Town in Gloucestershire, England. Howden Minster is a large Church of England church in the Diocese of York. Botolf's Minster (Iken, Suffolk), South Elmham Minster, Rotherham Minster, Preston Minster, Hemingbrough Minster, and Stonegrave Minster. Iken is a small village and Civil parish in the marshlands of the English county of Suffolk. The Saints are a group of villages in Suffolk, England, near the border with Norfolk. Rotherham ( is a large town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Don, close to its confluence with the River Rother, between Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. Hemingbrough is a small village and Civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England that is located approximately from Selby Stonegrave is a village and Civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. The name "Peterborough Minster" is now applied to a district of Peterborough, but not to Peterborough Cathedral. History Early history Present-day Peterborough is the latest in a series of settlements which have at one time or other benefited from its situation where the Nene Peterborough Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter St Paul and St Andrew, is the seat of the Bishop of Peterborough, is dedicated to Saint Peter

The title "Stoke Minster" was conferred on the parish church of St. Stoke, or to give it its full name Stoke-upon-Trent is a component town of the city of City of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire Peter ad Vincula in Stoke-upon-Trent by The Rt. Stoke, or to give it its full name Stoke-upon-Trent is a component town of the city of City of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire Revd. Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop of Lichfield, at a ceremony on May 17, 2005, and St Thomas's in Newport, Isle of Wight, was granted a similar title in 2008. The Bishop of Lichfield is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. St Thomas's Church (to 2008 now known as St Thomas's Minster is the main Anglican church in Newport on the Isle of Wight. Newport is the County town of the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. ^[4]

In the case of the Ulm Minster in Germany, the term was used for a particularly prosperous parish church boasting a large number of clergy. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

In other places in Europe, “minster” has become simply a historical term for a particular church, e. g. the minsters of Strasbourg (France); Basel and Bern (Switzerland); Bonn Minster, Essen, Freiburg, Aachen, Hamelin, Doberan (all Germany). Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal The Bonn Minster (Das Bonner Münster is one of Germany's oldest churches having been built between the 11th and 13th centuries Essen (ˈɛsən is a City in the center of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ( Ripuarian: Oche, Dutch: Aken, Spanish: Aquisgrán, Italian: Aquisgrana, French, Hamelin (German Hameln) is a town on the river Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany. Bad Doberan is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Bad Doberan.

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