canterbury

¹

[ kan-ter-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

noun

, plural can·ter·buries.

1. a stand having sections for holding magazines, sheet music, or loose papers.
2. a supper tray with partitions for cutlery and plates.

Canterbury

²

[ kan-ter-ber-ee, -buh-reeor, especially British, -bree ]

noun

1. a city in E Kent, in SE England: cathedral; early ecclesiastical center of England.
2. a municipality in E New South Wales, in SE Australia: a part of Sydney.

Canterbury

¹

/ ˈkæntəbərɪ; -brɪ /

noun

1. 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-
2. 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

1. a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
2. 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

1840–50; after Canterbury, England

Example Sentences

She studies spiders at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

From Science News For Students

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.

From Time

Nelson studies jumping spiders at the University of Canterbury.

From Science News For Students

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.

From Science News

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.

From Outside Online

The Canterbury Tales was, Strohm writes, “one of the volumes around which the new trade would organize itself.”

From The Daily Beast

This is why there will not be much hand-wringing over the Archbishop of Canterbury confessing to doubting the existence of God.

From The Daily Beast

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, says there are moments he thinks, “Is there a God?”

From The Daily Beast

She sought out the Archbishop of Canterbury to talk about death.

From The Daily Beast

The role of the Archbishop of Canterbury is a complicated and delicate one.

From The Daily Beast

Hubert, archbishop of Canterbury, made lord chancellor in consideration of his services in crowning king John.

From Project Gutenberg

Durham, like Canterbury, is a town that is much favored by the artists, and deservedly so.

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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.

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This road was joined at Canterbury by two others, proceeding respectively from Lympne and Reculver.

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Edmund Grindal, archbishop of Canterbury, died; an able theological writer.

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