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Webster 1913 Edition
Canterbury
Can′ter-bur-y
(kăn′tẽr-bĕr-ry̆)
, p
rop.
Noun.
1.
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 à Becket
, to which pilgrimages were formerly made. 2.
A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.
Canterbury ball
(Bot.)
, a species of
– Campanula
of several varieties, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped flowers. Canterbury gallop
, a gentle gallop such as was used by pilgrims riding to
– Canterbury
; a canter. Canterbury tale
, one of the tales which
Chaucer
puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury
. Hence, any tale told by travelers to pass away the time.