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Noun: Canterbury  'kan-tu(r),be-ree [N. Amer], 'kan-tu-b(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. A town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church

Type of: town

Part of: Kent

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