BECKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Becket mean? 

• BECKET (noun)
  The noun BECKET has 2 senses:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)

2. (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship

  Familiarity information: BECKET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BECKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Becket; Saint Thomas a Becket; St. Thomas a Becket; Thomas a Becket

Instance hypernyms:

archbishop (a bishop of highest rank)

martyr (one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("becket" is a kind of...):

line (something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible)

Domain category:

navigation; sailing; seafaring (the work of a sailor)