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CANTERBURY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Canterbury" is a part of...):
Kent (a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans)
Context examples:
“You stay with us, Trotwood, while you remain in Canterbury?” said Mr. Wickfield, not without a glance at Uriah for his approval.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
We sat there, talking about our pleasant old Canterbury days, an hour or two.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Having settled the little business I had to transact there, and slept there one night, I walked on to Canterbury early in the morning.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I came here by the Canterbury coach, today.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Suppose some of the boys had seen me coming through Canterbury, wayworn and ragged, and should find me out?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“Should you like to go to school at Canterbury?” said my aunt.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
While I was yet new at Doctor Strong's, she made several excursions over to Canterbury to see me, and always at unseasonable hours: with the view, I suppose, of taking me by surprise.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I went to Canterbury first, that I might take leave of Agnes and Mr. Wickfield (my old room in whose house I had not yet relinquished), and also of the good Doctor.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He is the terror of the youth of Canterbury.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Our residence at Canterbury, and our local connexion, will, no doubt, enable him to take advantage of any vacancy that may arise in the Cathedral corps.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
