Christ Church
Proper noun
Meaning
Christ Church
(Oxford University) Christ Church, Oxford.
Examples
Abels, Alfred the Great, p. 31. Mercia remained a threat, however; Egbert's son Æthelwulf, established as king of Kent, gave estates to Christ Church, Canterbury, probably to counter any influence the Mercians might still have there.
A gospel book he donated to Christ Church, Canterbury is inscribed "Æthelstan, king of the English and ruler of the whole of Britain with a devout mind gave this book to the primatial see of Canterbury, to the church dedicated to Christ".
Both elections were quashed on appeal to Rome and sixteen monks of Christ Church, who had gone to Rome empowered to act for the whole chapter, were ordered to proceed to a new election in presence of the Pope.
And a solemn diploma from Christ Church, Canterbury dated 873 is so poorly constructed and written that historian Nicholas Brooks posited a scribe who was either so blind he could not read what he wrote or who knew little or no Latin.
A proper church, the Christ Church, was erected in 1912 and a proper parish was established in 1947.
Melissa Skelton, Anglican archbishop of the diocese of New Westminster, live-streamed this year's Easter services rather than welcoming worshippers at Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral.