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Min"ow (?), n. See
Minnow.

Min"ster (?), n. [AS. mynster,
fr. L. monasterium. See Monastery.] (Arch.)
A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied
to the church after the monastery has ceased to exist (as Beverly
Minster, Southwell Minster, etc.), and is also
improperly used for any large church.

Minster house, the official house in which
the canons of a cathedral live in common or in rotation.
Shipley.

Min"strel (?), n. [OE. minstrel,
menestral, OF. menestrel, fr. LL. ministerialis
servant, workman (cf. ministrellus harpist), fr. L.
ministerium service. See Ministry, and cf.
Ministerial.] In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men
who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the
accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet;
a bard; a singer and harper; a musician.


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