Westminster Abbey
- 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.
MicrocosmographyJohn Earle
He deserved a place in Westminster-Abbey, and every year he lived, would have deserved it better.
Life of JohnsonJames 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.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.Tobias Smollett
Westminster Abbey
- 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
Famous church located in London, England. Almost all English monarchs since William the Conqueror have been crowned there.
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