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becket

/'bɛkɪt/

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noun
(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)
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saint thomas a becket st. thomas a becket thomas a becket
noun
(nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship
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canterbury a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church
henry ii first Plantagenet King of England; instituted judicial and financial reforms; quarreled with archbishop Becket concerning the authority of the Crown over the church (1133-1189)