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Canterbury
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
(2):
(n.) A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Canterbury'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/canterbury.html. 1828.