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Westminster Abbey

noun

  1. a Gothic church in London, England.


Westminster Abbey

noun

  1. a Gothic church in London: site of a Benedictine monastery (1050–65); scene of the coronations of almost all English monarchs since William I
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Westminster Abbey

  1. Famous church located in London , England . Almost all English monarchs since William the Conqueror have been crowned there.


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Distinguished English subjects are buried there. The Poets' Corner contains the graves of great English writers, including Geoffrey Chaucer and Robert Browning .
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Example Sentences

When the crowds cheered their wedding at Westminster Abbey in 1947, neither of them expected she would be crowned queen anytime soon.

At her coronation at Westminster Abbey the next year, Prince Philip knelt before the sitting queen and pledged to be her “liegeman,” or faithful servant, for life.

Almost 1,500 people packed inside Westminster Abbey to celebrate the life of Soames, who died in May at the age of 91.

Buses, vans, and cars sounded their horns, gun salutes rang out, the bells of Westminster Abbey pealed, and everyone cheered.

Prince William and Kate Middleton married on 29 April, 2011 at Westminster Abbey.

That's what is being celebrated today, with a big service at Westminster Abbey.

The boys remains are supposedly contained in an urn in Westminster Abbey.

Musical festival in Westminster abbey, in commemoration of the birthday of Handel.

Thereupon the Prince went to Westminster Abbey and conferred knighthood upon his companions.

Westminster Abbey may certainly be called a tomb, for we could spend a whole day in simply counting its monuments.

They therefore gave him a place in Westminster Abbey, where many of their greatest men are buried.

In 1792 a monument was erected to his memory in Westminster Abbey.

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