1. (n.) 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 a Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

2. (n.) A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc.

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