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canterbury
1[ kan-ter-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]
noun
- a stand having sections for holding magazines, sheet music, or loose papers.
- a supper tray with partitions for cutlery and plates.
Canterbury
2[ kan-ter-ber-ee, -buh-reeor, especially British, -bree ]
noun
- a city in E Kent, in SE England: cathedral; early ecclesiastical center of England.
- a municipality in E New South Wales, in SE Australia: a part of Sydney.
Canterbury
1/ ˈkæntəbərɪ; -brɪ /
noun
- 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) Latin nameDurovernumˌduːrəʊˈvɜːnəmˌdjʊə-
- 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)
canterbury
2/ -brɪ; ˈkæntəbərɪ /
noun
- a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- a similar 19th-century stand used for holding sheet music, music books, or magazines
Other Words From
- Can·ter·bu·ri·an [kan-ter-, byoor, -ee-, uh, n], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of canterbury1
Example Sentences
She studies spiders at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Another study, by researchers at Stockholm University and the University of Canterbury found that after a layoff, survivors at the companies experienced a 41% decline in job satisfaction.
Nelson studies jumping spiders at the University of Canterbury.
Cross andrenowned jumping spider expert Robert Jackson, also at Canterbury, have tested this group of species, including the clever Portia fimbriata, with all sorts of challenges in the lab.
The fun comes from the two’s interactions and how their survival methods contrast, with Canterbury’s by-the-book nature bristling against Lundin’s free spirit.
The Canterbury Tales was, Strohm writes, “one of the volumes around which the new trade would organize itself.”
This is why there will not be much hand-wringing over the Archbishop of Canterbury confessing to doubting the existence of God.
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, says there are moments he thinks, “Is there a God?”
She sought out the Archbishop of Canterbury to talk about death.
The role of the Archbishop of Canterbury is a complicated and delicate one.
Hubert, archbishop of Canterbury, made lord chancellor in consideration of his services in crowning king John.
Durham, like Canterbury, is a town that is much favored by the artists, and deservedly so.
We had expected to come a second time to Canterbury and to visit these three points then, but were unable to carry out our plan.
This road was joined at Canterbury by two others, proceeding respectively from Lympne and Reculver.
Edmund Grindal, archbishop of Canterbury, died; an able theological writer.
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