Canterbury

Can·ter·bury

geographical name \ˈkan-tə(r)-ˌber-ē, -b(ə-)rē\

Definition of CANTERBURY

1

city SE Australia in E New South Wales, SW suburb of Sydney pop 129,232

2

city SE England in Kent pop 34,404

— Can·ter·bu·ri·an \ˌkan-tə(r)-ˈbyu̇r-ē-ən\ adjective

Rhymes with CANTERBURY

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Canterbury

   (Concise Encyclopedia)

Historic city and administrative district (pop., 2001: 135,287), southeastern England. Located on the River Great Stour, the site has been occupied since pre-Roman times; the Roman town of Durovernum Cantiacorum was established after Claudius invaded Britain in AD 43. It has been an ecclesiastical metropolis of England since St. Augustine of Canterbury founded a monastery there in 602 and later established a cathedral. The cathedral was the scene of the murder of Archbishop St. Thomas Becket in 1170. After his canonization in 1172, it became a pilgrimage shrine; it is the destination of the pilgrims in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Canterbury was heavily bombed in World War II, but the cathedral largely escaped damage. The cathedral and other historic buildings were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988.