Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Westminster
Westminster, proper n. [see west, adj. + OE mynster < Gk monazein, to live alone.]
Abbey; famous church in London; burial place of great authors; former monastery west of London; resting place of celebrated national figures in England (see ED letters); [fig.] tomb; grave; sepulcher; mausoleum.
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