canterbury

Speech parts

1. canterbury - Noun

2. Canterbury - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.

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Examples

I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury. Sydney Smith

Is the Church of England an Anglican church? The church did not start in Canterbury, the church did not start in Rome. Whether Canterbury is Anglican or not is immaterial. We are Anglicans. They are the Church of England. Peter Akinola

Canterbury Cathedral: The first ever pocket watch was found in the walls of its cloister many hundreds of years ago. I decided to come, in the rain, to play with the locals and, if time permitted, attend the evening service. Derren Brown

Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time. Anthony Holden

In my time as Archbishop of Canterbury I've seen a growing sense of unity and mission. George Carey

Prentice: I'm not mad. It only looks that way. Rance: Your actions today would get the Archbishop of Canterbury declared non-compos. Prentice: I'm not the Archbishop of Canterbury. Rance: That will come at a later stage of your illness. Joe Orton

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