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Definition of Canterbury ball

Canterbury ball
Canterbury Can"ter*bur*y, n. 1. 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. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc. Canterbury ball (Bot.), a species of Campanula of several varieties, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped flowers. Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by pilgrims riding to Canterbury; a canter. Canterbury tale, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers to pass away the time.

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- The chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury, an English monk, contains what is possibly the earliest known reference to ball lightning, dated 7 June 1195...
- Staffordshire. Ball was suffragan Bishop of Lewes from 1977 to 1992. He was ordained a bishop on 18 October 1977, by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, at...
- During Carey's term as Archbishop of Canterbury, there were many complaints of serial **** abuse made against Peter Ball, the Bishop of Lewes and later of...
- outscored by a total of 195 to 58. The 1946 Canterbury Purple Warriors football team represented Canterbury College of Danville, Indiana, as a member of...
- February 1503, and was buried at Canterbury on 24 February. Sir Reginald Bray was one of his executors. Elrington Ball described him as one of the greatest...
- The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney...
- Netball is a ball sport pla**** on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal...
- Crossroads. Ball who was then living in Canterbury, Kent, returned to Australia in 1973. He was soon very busy acting in films, theatre and television. Ball is...
- A time ball or timeball is a time-signalling device. It consists of a large, painted wooden or metal ball that is dropped at a predetermined time, prin****lly...
- John Ball (c. 1338 – 15 July 1381) was an English priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. Although he is often ****ociated with...