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Lambeth

Proper noun

Meaning

A habitational surname from Old English.

A district in central London, England.

A London borough in Greater London.

(Anglicanism) Ellipsis of Lambeth Conference.

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Examples

He was a fairly competent chairman of Housing [on Lambeth Council]. Every time he gets up now I keep thinking, "What on earth is Councillor Major doing?" I can't believe he's here and sometimes I think he can't either. John Major

After initial meetings with the king, Cromwell, and Cranmer, discussions on theological differences were transferred to Lambeth Palace under Cranmer’s chairmanship. Source: Internet

Archbishop Peckham, in his first letter to Robert Bishop of Bath and Wells, dated 17 December 1282 ( Lambeth Palace Archives) citation There are legends surrounding the fate of Llywelyn's severed head. Source: Internet

Conflicts within Anglicanism A changing focus on social issues after the Second World War led to Lambeth Conference resolutions countenancing contraception and the remarriage of divorced persons. Source: Internet

Edition, Cambridge, 1771,pp.46–50 Also blazoned in Lambeth MS 555 "The Arms given him in Anglia Sacra, p. 673, are not sufficiently explicit; they should be thus blasoned: Quarterly gules and ermine on the 1st and 4th a goat's head erased argent. Source: Internet

Brenda Assael, The circus and Victorian society (U of Virginia Press, 2005) Astley's Amphitheatre in Lambeth, London, featuring equestrian acts in a 42-foot wide circus ring, was the epicentre of the 19th century circus. Source: Internet

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