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Shaftesbury

Proper noun

Meaning

An English earldom.

A town in Dorset, England.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Not to be confused with his grandfather, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

1987 West End The London production purple poster The musical played in the West End at the Shaftesbury Theatre on July 21, 1987 and closed on February 4, 1989 after 644 performances. Source: Internet

An 18th century moral philosopher whom I’m quite fond of – Anthony Ashley Cooper, Third Earl of Shaftesbury – believed that our capacity for morality is like aesthetic taste, and that beauty in nature and art is aligned with goodness. Source: Internet

A general view of St Mary's Independent Girls School in Shaftesbury. Source: Internet

In 1001, Edward's relics (for he was considered a saint, although never canonized) were translated to a more prominent place within the nunnery at Shaftesbury. Source: Internet

He was thought to make the charter in 1001 granting land to Shaftesbury at the elevation of Edward's relics, and some accounts suggest that Æthelred legislated the observation of Edward's feast days across England in a law code of 1008. Source: Internet

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