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CHRISTCHURCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Industrial city at the center of a rich agricultural region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Christchurch" is a part of...):
New Zealand (an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery)
Context examples:
So distrait was he and so random his answers, that the woodman took to whistling, and soon branched off upon the track to Burley, leaving Alleyne upon the main Christchurch road.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I thought,” said Alleyne, “that you were betrothed to some one at Christchurch.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It is fairly and clearly written,” Alleyne answered, “and it signifies To Sir Nigel Loring, Knight Constable of Twynham Castle, by the hand of Christopher, the servant of God at the Priory of Christchurch.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Christchurch townsfolk stood huddled about the Bridge of Avon, the women pulling tight their shawls and the men swathing themselves in their gaberdines, while down the winding path from the castle came the van of the little army, their feet clanging on the hard, frozen road.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Which signifies in our speech: 'To the very powerful and very honorable knight, Sir Nigel Loring of Christchurch, from his very faithful friend Sir Claude Latour, captain of the White Company, chatelain of Biscar, grand lord of Montchateau and vassal to the renowned Gaston, Count of Foix, who holds the rights of the high justice, the middle and the low.'
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Archers from the New Forest and the Forest of Bere, billmen from the pleasant country which is watered by the Stour, the Avon, and the Itchen, young cavaliers from the ancient Hampshire houses, all were pushing for Christchurch to take service under the banner of the five scarlet roses.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Very quiet was the wedding in the old priory church at Christchurch, where Father Christopher read the service, and there were few to see save the Lady Loring and John, and a dozen bowmen from the castle.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But, to be brief over the matter, my father would have none of his wooing, nor in sooth would I. On that he swore a vow against us, and as he is known to be a perilous man, with many outlaws and others at his back, my father forbade that I should hawk or hunt in any part of the wood to the north of the Christchurch road.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We shall now journey south through the woods until we come out upon the Christchurch road, and so onwards, hoping to-night to reach the castle of Sir William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, of which Sir Nigel Loring is constable.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I go now to Christchurch with a letter to him from Sir Claude Latour to ask him if he will take the place of Sir John Hawkwood; and there is the more chance that he will if I bring one or two likely men at my heels.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
