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Canterburie

Canterburie is the obsolete spelling of Canterbury.

Meaning of Canterbury

Proper noun

Canterbury

  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. (metonymically) The 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.

See all 15 meanings of canterbury

Questions about Canterburie

What is Canterburie the obsolete spelling of?
Canterburie is the obsolete spelling of Canterbury.

Words near Canterburie in the dictionary

  1. Cantera
  2. Canteras
  3. Canterburian
  4. Canterburianism
  5. Canterburians
  6. Canterburie
  7. canterburies
  8. canterbury
  9. Canterbury bells
  10. Canterbury gallop
  11. Canterbury gallops

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Canterburie (page history and authors); Canterbury (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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