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Crosswords: Westminster Abbey |
| English words defined with "Westminster Abbey": City of Westminster, Collegiate church ♦ Edward the Confessor ♦ Fan vaulting ♦ Saint Edward the Confessor, St Edward the Confessor ♦ Westminster. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Westminster Abbey": ARTHUR, Astrea ♦ Hammer of the Scotch, Havering ♦ IRVING ♦ Jerusalem Chamber ♦ Long Meg of Westminster ♦ Poets, Poets' Corner, Poets Laureate, Primate ♦ Rare Ben, Rings Noted in Fable ♦ Saxon Relics, Slums. (references) |
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Formally titled The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, this mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in London is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English monarchs.
In 1579, Elizabeth I re-established Westminster as a "royal peculiar" -- a church responsible directly to the sovereign, rather than the Archbishop of Canterbury -- and made it a school, the Collegiate Church of St. Peter. Since then, the head has been not a bishop (although the Abbey is the seat of the Bishop of London) but a dean, appointed by the monarch. Until the 19th century, Westminster was the third seat of learning in England, after Oxford and Cambridge. It was here that the first third of the King James Bible Old Testament and the last half of the New Testament were translated.
History
First built by Edward the Confessor between 1045 - 1065 in the Norman style, it replaced an earlier church on the same site. It was built as an abbey for the Benedictine monks and was consecrated on December 28, 1065. It was rebuilt in the Gothic style between 1245 - 1517, with Henry VII adding a perpendicular style chapel in 1503. 
Westminster AbbeyCoronations
William the Conqueror was the first monarch crowned in the Abbey and all subsequent English monarchs (except Edward V and Edward VIII, who did not have coronations) have been crowned there. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the traditional cleric in the coronation ceremony.Burials
The church contains the bones of St Edward the Confessor as well as the remains of many other famous people. These include:
Oliver Cromwell was buried in the abbey but Charles II ordered his remains removed. There is also a memorial statue of William Shakespeare, though his remains are interred in Stratford-upon-Avon. Schools
Westminster School and Westminster Abbey Choir School are also on the grounds of the Abbey. Westminster School was originally founded by the Benedictine monks in 1179.Transport
Nearest London Underground stations:
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Westminster Abbey."
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 | Richard II on the throne in England--From an ancient painting in Westminster Abbey.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Westminster Abbey.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Shrine of Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey, London, England.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | St. Margaret Church. Westminster Abbey / Geo. C. Leighton.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Westminster Abbey.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Westminster Abbey.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | The choir at Westminster Abbey.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop of Canterbury, an amiable old gentleman, who occupies Lambeth Palace when living and Westminster Abbey when dead. He is commonly dead. |
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