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What Is The Difference Between A Minster And A Cathedral?

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    A cathedral is so named because it is/was were the chair for a bishop is/was held . (latin-chair)
    A minster is a church which would have originally housed monks etc to go out to preach to the nearby population
    e.g -york minster is in fact both a cathedral and minster!
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    Naghamadi 

    answered 9 months ago

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