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Whitgift

British  
/ ˈwɪtˌɡɪft /

noun

  1. John. ?1530–1604, English churchman; as archbishop of Canterbury (1583–1604) he tried to curb the influence of Puritanism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The pop star filmed part of the music video for her latest single, “Opalite,” in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre—an unremarkable mall in a less remarkable London suburb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Her teachers at the Old Palace of John Whitgift School, a selective girls' school, remember Elianne as artistic and creative and devoted to her close group of friends.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

Sentamu had recently split up with one of Elianne's friends, and the day before the killing he had seen the girls at the Whitgift shopping centre where they "teased" him.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

The first XV of south London private school Whitgift annually faces off against nearby Catholic state school John Fisher.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2017

So, the next day, Candace and I got up early and headed back to the Whitgift School.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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