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Canterbury is the higher rack, but Winchester the better manger. Canterbury is the higher see in rank, but Winchester the one which produces the most money. This was the reply of William Edington, Bishop of Winchester, when offered the archbishopric of Canterbury (1366). Now Canterbury is £15,000 a year, and Winchester £6,500.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Canopus
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Cant
Cantabrian Surge
Cantāte Sunday
Canteen
Canterbury
Canterbury Tales
Canting Crew (The)
Canucks
Canvas
Canvas City (A)
Caora
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Cap (the verb)
Cap Verses (To)
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