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Westminster Abbey

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noun
  1. a Gothic church in London, England.
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  • He died May 8, 1662, and was interred in Westminster-abbey, under his own stall.

    Microcosmography

    John Earle

  • He deserved a place in Westminster-Abbey, and every year he lived, would have deserved it better.

    Life of Johnson

    James Boswell

  • On the 2nd of May his remains were deposited with much form in the cloisters of Westminster-abbey.

  • On the eleventh day of October, the coronation of the king and queen was performed at Westminster-Abbey, with the usual solemnity.

British Dictionary definitions for westminster abbey

Westminster Abbey

noun
  1. a Gothic church in London: site of a Benedictine monastery (1050–65); scene of the coronations of almost all English monarchs since William I
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westminster abbey in Culture

Westminster Abbey

Famous church located in London, England. Almost all English monarchs since William the Conqueror have been crowned there.

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Distinguished English subjects are buried there. The Poets' Corner contains the graves of great English writers, including Geoffrey Chaucer and Robert Browning.
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