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Becket Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Becket has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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

3

chough (the bird)

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