Old English Cantware-buruh "fortified town of the Kentish people," from Cant-ware "the people of Kent" (see Kent). The Roman name was Duroverno, from Romano-British *duro- "walled town."
Pope Gregory the Great intended to make London, as the largest southern Anglo-Saxon city, the metropolitan see of southern England, but Christianity got a foothold first in the minor kingdom of Kent, whose heathen ruler Ethelbert had married a Frankish Christian princess. London was in the Kingdom of Essex and out of reach of the missionaries at first. Therefore, in part perhaps to flatter Ethelbert, his capital was made the cathedral city. Related: Canterburian.
双语例句
1. The Archbishop of Canterbury has sounded a warning to Europe'sleaders on third world debt.
坎特伯雷大主教就第三世界的债务问题向欧洲的领导人发出了警告。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The Archbishop of Canterbury yesterday hit out at public figures who commit adultery.
昨天坎特伯雷大主教严厉抨击了几位与人通奸的公众人物。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The Archbishop of Canterbury holds the highest position in the Church of England.
坎特伯雷大主教在英国国教中拥有最高地位.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. I met him by chance at Canterbury Cathedral.
我是在坎特伯雷大教堂偶然地碰到过他.
来自辞典例句
5. US church in communication with the see of Canterbury.
