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Bur⋅y St. Ed⋅munds

[ber-ee-seynt ed-muhndz, -suhnt-]
–noun
a city in W Suffolk, in E England: medieval shrine. 25,629.
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Bury Saint Ed·munds   (ěd'məndz)   
A town of east-central England east of Cambridge. In 903 the remains of King Edmund were interred in the town's monastery (founded c. 630), which became a famous shrine and Benedictine abbey. Population: 36,200.
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