canterbury

plural canterburys · plural canterburies

1. A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.

   “[…] But are you prepared to abandon the most sacred duties of life, and come and sing with us?” “Oh, yes,” said Lucy, laughing. “If you will look out the ‘Beggar’s Opera’ from the large canterbury. It has a dingy cover.”

   1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons

1. A cathedral city in Kent, England (OS grid ref TR1457).
2. A local government district with borough status in Kent, England, the City of Canterbury, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in the city itself.
3. The episcopal see of Canterbury or the occupant thereof (the full title used for the archbishop).
4. metonymicallyThe Anglican Communion.
5. A suburb of Sydney in the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.
6. A small settlement in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia.
7. A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Boroondara, Victoria, Australia.
8. A village and parish of York County, New Brunswick, Canada.
9. A suburb of Montego Bay, Jamaica.
10. A region in the South Island, New Zealand.

    A New Zealand linguistics doctorate graduate from the University of Canterbury has completed a world-first study into colloquial Antarctic English, spoken at the US, British and New Zealand Antarctic research stations.

    2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, in The Guardian

11. A locality in the United States.
    1. A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
    2. An unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware.
    3. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
    4. An unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia.