Westminster Abbey
Proper noun
Meaning
Westminster Abbey
A large Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, next to the Houses of Parliament in London; the traditional place of coronation and burial of English monarchs.
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Examples
On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
Our little drawing Room [Constable's lodgings at Hamptstead with a view on London] commands a view unequalled in Europe - from Westminster Abbey to Gravesend - the dome of St Paul's in the Air - realizes Michael Angelo's Idea on seeing that of the Pantheon - 'I will build such a thing in the Sky.
Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey.
Victory or Westminster Abbey.
I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it's enormous.
It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.