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| == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97532" /> ==
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| <p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[A]] city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the [[Archbishop]] of [[Canterbury]] (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of [[Thomas]] a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[A]] stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc. </p> | | Canterbury <ref name="term_70301" /> |
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| | <p> A district in New Zealand, in the centre of the South Island, on the east side of which are the [[Canterbury]] [[Plains]] or Downs, a great pasture-land for sheep of over three million acres. </p> |
| == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70303" /> ==
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| <p> In [[E.]] Kent, on the Stour, by rail 62 m. [[Se.]] of London; is the ecclesiastical capital of England; the cathedral was founded [[A.D.]] 597 by St. Augustin; the present building belongs to various epochs, dating as far back as the 11th century; it contains many interesting monuments, statues, and tombs, among the latter that of Thomas à Becket, murdered in the north transept, 1170; the cloisters, chapter-house, and other buildings occupy the site of the old monastic houses; the city is rich in old churches and ecclesiastical monuments; there is an art gallery; trade is chiefly in hops and grain. Kit Marlowe was a native. </p>
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| | | <ref name="term_70301"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/canterbury+(2) Canterbury from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_97532"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/canterbury Canterbury from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |
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| <ref name="term_70303"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/canterbury Canterbury from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Canterbury [1]
A district in New Zealand, in the centre of the South Island, on the east side of which are the Canterbury Plains or Downs, a great pasture-land for sheep of over three million acres.
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