Westminster
[ˈwestminstə] or ['wɛst,mɪnstər]
Definition
(noun.) a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey.
Edited by Caleb--From WordNet
Examples
- When that man was a boy, he went to Westminster School. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I reckoned our coach to be about a square of Westminster-hall, but not altogether so high: however, I cannot be very exact. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Telford was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1757, and died in Westminster in 1834. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It may be worth thinking of by Fawners of all denominations--in Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul's Cathedral put together, on any Sunday in the year. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I saw a man examined as a witness in Westminster Hall. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Godolphin Street, Westminster, is only a few minutes' walk from Whitehall Terrace. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the evening, Adrian and I proceeded to Westminster. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- William Caxton, an English merchant, learned the new art while he was traveling in Germany, and when he returned home started a press at Westminster with a partner named Wynken de Worde. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was at Westminster that the cause was to come on. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If he takes me by the hand and leads me through Westminster Hall in an airy procession after fortune, I must go. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In some towns, the whole land tax is assessed upon houses; as in Westminster, where stock and trade are free. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This made us some quarter of an hour late, and when we came to Westminster Hall we found that the day's business was begun. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He learnt that they had departed from his royal city of Westminster and taken refuge in the city of London (see chap. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The mind would recoil from Westminster to the customs of Benin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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