canterbury Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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

WordNet

Can"ter*bur*y noun
Definitions
  1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas à Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.
  2. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.

Webster 1913