canterbury
1 Americannoun
plural
canterburies-
a stand having sections for holding magazines, sheet music, or loose papers.
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a supper tray with partitions for cutlery and plates.
noun
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a city in E Kent, in SE England: cathedral; early ecclesiastical center of England.
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a municipality in E New South Wales, in SE Australia: a part of Sydney.
noun
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Latin name: Durovernum. a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad ); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
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a regional council area of New Zealand, on E central South Island on Canterbury Bight : mountainous with coastal lowlands; agricultural. Chief town: Christchurch. Pop: 520 500 (2004 est). Area: 43 371 sq km (16 742 sq miles)
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a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
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a similar 19th-century stand used for holding sheet music, music books, or magazines
Other Word Forms
- Canterburian adjective
Etymology
Origin of canterbury
1840–50; after Canterbury, England
Example Sentences
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He also said he planned to "give information" to the Archbishop of Canterbury as a precaution.
From BBC
Two-year-old Marigold is an Irish Setter who lives in Blean, near Canterbury, with Miranda Pellecchia and her family.
From BBC
He took it to Lambeth Palace with personal papers in 2002 when he became Archbishop of Canterbury, where it remained until it was tracked down in 2010 as part of the Historic Cases Review – carried out by the Church in Wales into its handling of safeguarding cases.
From BBC
They will need the experience of their Wallabies contingent to get past the Highlanders, who defeated defending champions Canterbury Crusaders in round one before a narrow 26-23 loss to the Waikato Chiefs last week.
From Barron's
The Canberra-based side emphatically crushed the defending champions Canterbury Crusaders 50–24 last week to end a losing streak in the New Zealand city that stretched 12 games.
From Barron's
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