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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97532" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_97532" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <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> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70303" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70303" /> == | ||
<p> In | <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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