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Definition of Christchurch

1. Noun. Industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region.

Definition of Christchurch

1. Proper noun. A coastal town and borough in Dorset, England. ¹

2. Proper noun. The largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Christchurch

Literary usage of Christchurch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"I leave the Churches and the people of the colony to consider the attitude taken up in connection with this matter by the honourable member for christchurch ..."

2. Bulletin by Colonial Museum (N.Z.) (1906)
"Caro and Co., christchurch. Id. There are two varieties of this token. (Two. ... Union Bakery Company, christchurch. Id., with two varieties. (Two. ..."

3. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1888)
"christchurch. English Characteristics—Origin of the Canterbury ... There is a homely sound about christchurch, whether it carries one's thoughts back to the ..."

4. Cassell's Picturesque Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris (1888)
"christchurch. English Characteristics—Origin of the Canterbury ... There is a homely sound about christchurch, whether it carries one's thoughts back to the ..."

5. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1832)
"christchurch.—The Parish of christchurch, and the Chapelry of Holdenhurst, except such Part of the Tithing of Hurn in the Parish of christchurch as is ..."

6. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1894)
"christchurch, Dublin, an Anglo-Norman church of symmetrical cast and design, ... The Danish christchurch of Waterford, with its Anglo-Norman additions, ..."

7. The history of England from the accession of James ii by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1849)
"But no course Roman was too bold for James. The Deanery of christchurch ... and soon within the walls of christchurch an altar was decked, at which mass was ..."

8. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1809)
"But though he claimed his place of student in christchurch, and did all in his power to recover it, he was not able to displace the new-elected student. ..."

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