Westminster
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- proper noun
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Westminster
- A Te Deum composed by Prince Albert was central to the Westminster Abbey jubilee service.
- Westminster Abbey
- Westminster, London
- Westminster Hall
He turned his back on them and then he went back to a party in Westminster and partied that night.
- He turned his back on them and then he went back to a party in Westminster and partied that night.
- You've got retired train drivers, you've got pensioners who just went down to the March at Westminster and happened to yell in the face of police officers.
- So I'm seeing numerous charities, government funding, there was Westminster Council had ring fence and funding for the global majority.
- He took the knee just two days after the most despicable violence from Black Lives Matter in the middle of Westminster.
- Now, today, Stevens ashes, as you know, are buried in Westminster Abbey, and they're right in between Darwin and Newton.
- You have to ask the Queen and the Dean of Westminster.
- I went to an amazing school called Westminster City for boys I didn't like.
- He was in here and he's actually sat in Westminster in a on a table discussing the future, the way forward with drugs.
Examples
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I was outside Westminster Abbey and, um, it was quiet, it was quiet with thousands of people there, and you could just hear the clip-clop of the hooves of the horses as the coffin went by.
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In their campaign for equal pay, women workers of Ford Dagenham brought their protest to Westminster today.
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The water's as lovely as Westminster in May.
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Their central courts in Westminster applied universal law, statute law, and common law.
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The king, with great dignity, attended his trial in Westminster Hall, but refused to recognize the authority of the court.
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And I went to recently went to Westminster Abbey to see again Newton's tomb.
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So we're traveling over Westminster Bridge at the moment, and if you look just ahead, you can see the iconic Big Ben just in front of us.
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After the proposals were approved in Westminster, elections to a power-sharing assembly were held on 28 June 1973.
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The inside of Westminster Cathedral is quite a neo Byzantine style.
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The Houses of Parliament are located in Westminster, an area rich in history and politics.
Synonyms
A part of central London along the River Thames with landmarks like Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey
Compounds
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A large, famous church in London where kings and queens are crowned and important people are buried
A part of central London along the River Thames with landmarks like Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey
- Literature
A group of politicians and journalists cut off from ordinary people and their problems
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Westminster comes from the old English parts West and minster, where minster means 'church' or 'monastery'. So Westminster was the 'western church' by the River Thames, and today the name refers to the central London area with Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament.