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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A large or important church, especially one connected with a monastery or cathedral. In older English, the word often names a notable church building.

Detailed Definition
In medieval and literary English, a minster is a major church, often one that was originally part of a monastery. Bridges uses it to give the scene a quiet, old-fashioned, ecclesiastical setting in the line about the bell coming from the tower.
Example
Example in poetry:
A minster is a large or important church, often associated with a monastery or cathedral; “First the deep bell hums / From the minster tower” gives architecture an audible presence; York Minster’s bells can mark civic as well as religious time; In a modern city poem, the minster may stand beside buses, shops, and rain
Additional Notes
The word in “From the minster tower” is a specialized historical term for a church, not a common modern noun.; Found in the poem, Clear and Gentle Stream by Robert Bridges
Also Known As
cathedral abbey church minster house
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