Westminster Abbey

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Westminster Abbey

(Placenames / Named Buildings) a Gothic church in London: site of a Benedictine monastery (1050-65); scene of the coronations of almost all English monarchs since William I

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Westminster Abbey - a famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery; "Westminster Abbey is the scene of the coronations of almost all English monarchs"; "Distinguished English subjects are buried in Westminster Abbey"

City of Westminster, Westminster - a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey

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