BECKET
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 concerning Henry'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)
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II concerning Henry'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)
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)
