Becket

Definitions: Becket

Becket

Noun

1. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II concerning Henry's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170).

2. A short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship.

Date "Becket" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1379. (references)

Etymology: Becket \Beck"et\, noun. [Compare to Dutch bek beak, and English beak.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Transportation	An eye for securing one end of a line to a block. A rope eye as on cargo net. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Becket or the Honor of God is a Tony Award-winning play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a (historically inaccurate) depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's murder in 1170.

The play was first produced in 1961. An English language version (translated by Lucienne Hill) was published in 1960 and made into a successful film, starring Peter O'Toole as King Henry II and Richard Burton as Thomas Becket. A 33-rpm LP record of "Dialogue Highlights from the Paramount Motion Picture Becket" was also released in 1964.

Anouilh's interpretation of the historical story, though often ironic, is more straightforward than T. S. Eliot's play on the same subject, Murder in the Cathedral, which was intended as primarily a religious treatment. However, there are one or two similarities in the interpretation.

In the Introduction to the play, Anouilh explained that he based it on a chapter of an old book he had bought because its green binding looked good on his shelves. He and his wife read the 30 pages about Thomas Becket, and she urged him to write a play about Thomas, so he did -- knocking out the first part in only 15 days. It was not until he showed the finished play to a friend that he found out the old book he had based it on was totally wrong about the facts. Having built his play on Becket's being a Saxon (when he was actually a Norman whose family was from near Rouen and called "Bequet" in French), Anouilh could not recast the play to accord with historical facts, so he decided to let it stand. Historical content that can safely be considered true are the conflicts between England and France, church and state, and the general portrayal of Becket's history.

Synonyms: Becket

Synonyms: Saint Thomas a Becket (n), St Thomas a Becket (n), Thomas a Becket (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Becket

English words defined with "Becket": becket bend ♦ Canterbury ♦ Henry II ♦ Saint Thomas a Becket, St Thomas a Becket ♦ Thomas a Becket. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Becket": Canterbury Tales ♦ Dying Sayings ♦ Friendships Broken ♦ halving becket ♦ lazy deckie, lazy decky, lazyline ♦ poke line ♦ Quadriloge ♦ recovery rope. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Becket is the only intelligent man in my kingdom, and he's against me! (Becket; writing credit: Edward Anhalt; Jean Anouilh)
Movie/TV Titles	Becket (1964) Samuel Becket Orders Out (1997) Ffilm: Wulffers Playing Chess with Becket (1992)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Becket (reference) Becket or the Honor of God (reference) If All the Swords in England: A Story of Thomas Becket (reference) The Lives of Thomas Becket (Manchester Medieval Sources) (reference) Thomas Becket (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Becket (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket [IMPORT] (reference) The Best Of Becket (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Ship's officers on deck. They are Seated, left to right: First Lieutenant William E. Evans; Commander Raphael Semmes, Commanding Officer; and First Assistant Engineer Miles J. Freeman. Standing, left to right: Surgeon Francis L. Galt; Lieutenant John M. Stribling; First Lieutenant John M. Kell, Executive Officer; Lieutenant Robert T. Chapman; and First Lieutenant Becket K. Howell (Marine Corps).Credit: NAVY.		Ship's officers on deck. They are Seated, left to right: First Lieutenant William E. Evans; Commander Raphael Semmes, Commanding Officer; and First Assistant Engineer Miles J. Freeman. Standing, left to right: Surgeon Francis L. Galt; Lieutenant John M. Stribling; First Lieutenant John M. Kell, Executive Officer; Lieutenant Robert T. Chapman; and First Lieutenant Becket K. Howell (Marine Corps).Credit: NAVY.
	Line engraving by H.B. Hall, Jr., New York, featuring portraits of seven officers who served with Semmes in CSS Alabama and were present during her engagement with USS Kearsarge. In center is Lieutenant Richard F. Armstrong. The others are (clockwise from top): Lieutenant Arthur Sinclair, IV (or Jr.); Midshipman Eugene A. Maffitt; Midshipman Edwin M. Anderson; Master's Mate George T. Fulham; First Lieutenant (later Captain) Becket K. Howell, Marine Corps; and Acting Master Irvine S. Bulloch. Howell and Armstrong also served with Semmes in CSS Sumter.Credit: NAVY.		Ship's officers on deck. They are Seated, left to right: First Lieutenant William E. Evans; Commander Raphael Semmes, Commanding Officer; and First Assistant Engineer Miles J. Freeman. Standing, left to right: Surgeon Francis L. Galt; Lieutenant John M. Stribling; First Lieutenant John M. Kell, Executive Officer; Lieutenant Robert T. Chapman; and First Lieutenant Becket K. Howell (Marine Corps).Credit: NAVY.
	Ship's officers on deck. They are Seated, left to right: First Lieutenant William E. Evans; Commander Raphael Semmes, Commanding Officer; and First Assistant Engineer Miles J. Freeman. Standing, left to right: Surgeon Francis L. Galt; Lieutenant John M. Stribling; First Lieutenant John M. Kell, Executive Officer; Lieutenant Robert T. Chapman; and First Lieutenant Becket K. Howell (Marine Corps).Credit: NAVY.		Ship's officers on deck. They are Seated, left to right: First Lieutenant William E. Evans; Commander Raphael Semmes, Commanding Officer; and First Assistant Engineer Miles J. Freeman. Standing, left to right: Surgeon Francis L. Galt; Lieutenant John M. Stribling; First Lieutenant John M. Kell, Executive Officer; Lieutenant Robert T. Chapman; and First Lieutenant Becket K. Howell (Marine Corps).Credit: NAVY.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Becket" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.77% of the time. "Becket" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	80.77%	42	52,864
Noun (singular)	19.23%	10	111,207
Total	100.00%	52	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Becket" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Becket	Last name	170	44,588
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Becket, MA
Zip Code(s): 01223
Country: USA

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Expressions: Becket

Expressions using "Becket": becket bend ♦ becket block ♦ halving becket ♦ Saint Thomas a Becket ♦ St Thomas a Becket ♦ thomas a becket. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Becket": becket-tee-ee.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Becket

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
becket	263
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baseball becket	45
becket ma	41
actor becket	41
becket ellerbe	31
becket fund liberty religious	25
becket baseball card	21
basketball becket	19
becket camp	16
becket st thomas	13
becket yugioh	13
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becket gi oh yu	11
becket dvd	10
samuel becket	9
becket movie	9
becket price guide	8
becket did he hold murdered position thomas when	7
becket pump	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Becket

Language		Translations for "Becket"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏المثبتة أداة. (various references)

Danish		væverknob (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), takkelstrop (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), løftestrop (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), delestrop (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop). (various references)

Dutch		weversknoop (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), vissersknoop (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), verdeelstrop (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), schootsteek (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), kuilstrop (halving becket, lazy deckie, lazy decky, lazyline, lifting strap, lifting strop, messenger, poke line, recovery rope), enkele schootsteek (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot). (various references)

Finnish		verkonkutojan solmu (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), peräpussin kiristysköysi (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), perän nostopussin kiristysköysi (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop). (various references)

French		chambrière. (various references)

German		Weberknoten (becket bend, reef knot, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), Teilstropp (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), Teiler (divider, divisor, factor, halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), Schotstek (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), Schotenstek (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), Schleppnetzteiler (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), Fischerknoten (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), einfacher Schotenstek (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot). (various references)

Greek		κοψαδούρος (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), ποδόδεσμος (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), απλός κόμπος (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot). (various references)

Italian		bozzello a traversino (becket block), strozzatoio (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop, stopper), nodo semplice (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot). (various references)

Manx		lhoobag (bend, bend little, eyelet, fret). (various references)

Pig Latin		ecketbay

Portuguese		nó simples (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), nó de escota (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), laracho (halving becket, lazy deckie, lazy decky, lazyline, lifting strap, lifting strop, messenger, poke line, recovery rope), forca do saco (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), estropo do saco (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop). (various references)

Spanish		nudo de tejedor (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), nudo de escota (becket bend, sheet bend, signal halliard bend, single bend, single sheet bend, swab hitch, weaver's knot), guirnalda (becket of boat, chaplet, festoon, Garland, streamer, wreath), estrobo para izar (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop), estrobo de la las (halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop). (various references)

Swedish		Hundsfott. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Becket

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Becket": beckets. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Becket" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Backett, Bechet, Becka, becketti, Beecke, Bicket, Eckett. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Becket"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Becket" (pronounced be"kut)
3	-k u t	advocate, affricate, aftermarket, basket, biscuit, blanket, breadbasket, brisket, bucket, casket, certificate, circuit, cricket, delicate, docket, duplicate, etiquette, gasket, hypermarket, indelicate, intricate, jacket, junket, market, microcircuit, musket, Newmarket, packet, patriarchate, picket, pickpocket, pocket, premarket, racket, racquet, remarket, rocket, silicate, skyrocket, socket, sprocket, straitjacket, syndicate, thicket, ticket, tourniquet, trinket, triplicate, tunicate, upmarket, wastebasket, wicket.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Becket

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-k-t"
	-2 letters: beck, beet, cete, keet.
	-3 letters: bee, bet, cee, eke, tee.
	-4 letters: be, et.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-e-e-k-t"
	+1 letter: beckets.
	+2 letters: bucketed.
	+3 letters: bracketed, buckteeth, trebucket.
	+4 letters: backstreet, bluejacket, bottleneck, pocketable, trebuckets.
	+5 letters: backstreets, bluejackets, bottlenecks, leatherback, unbracketed.
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