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can⋅ter⋅bur⋅y

  [kan-ter-ber-ee, -buh-ree]
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–noun, plural -buries.
1. a stand having sections for holding magazines, sheet music, or loose papers.
2. a supper tray with partitions for cutlery and plates.
Origin:
1840–50; after Canterbury, England
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Can⋅ter⋅bur⋅y

  [kan-ter-ber-ee, -buh-ree or, especially Brit., -bree]
–noun
1. a city in E Kent, in SE England: cathedral; early ecclesiastical center of England. 115,600.
2. a municipality in E New South Wales, in SE Australia: a part of Sydney. 115,100.
Related forms:
Can⋅ter⋅bu⋅ri⋅an  [kan-ter-byoor-ee-uhn] , adjective
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Can·ter·bur·y   (kān'tər-běr'ē, -brē, -tə-)   

  1. A city of southeast Australia, a suburb of Sydney. Population: 130,000.

  2. A borough of southeast England on the Stour River east-southeast of London. Canterbury Cathedral (11th-16th century) is the seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Communion. Built on the site of an abbey founded by Saint Augustine c. 600, it was the scene of the murder of Thomas à Becket (1170). Population: 43,500.

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