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1. (n.) Canterbury
a city in E Kent, in SE England: early ecclesiastical center of England. 132,400.
2. Canterbury
a municipality in E New South Wales, in SE Australia: suburb of Sydney. 115,100.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Canterbury
a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) canterbury
a city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made
2. (noun) canterbury
a stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. canterbury
in E. Kent, on the Stour, by rail 62 m. SE. of London; is the ecclesiastical capital of England; the cathedral was founded A.D. 597 by St. Augustin; the present building belongs to various epochs, dating as far back as the 11th century; it contains many interesting monuments, statues, and tombs, among the latter that of Thomas à Becket, murdered in the north transept, 1170; the cloisters, chapter-house, and other buildings occupy the site of the old monastic houses; the city is rich in old churches and ecclesiastical monuments; there is an art gallery; trade is chiefly in hops and grain. Kit Marlowe was a native.
2. canterbury
a district in New Zealand, in the centre of the South Island, on the east side of which are the Canterbury Plains or Downs, a great pasture-land for sheep of over three million acres.
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