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English Dictionary: Coventry by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Coventry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Coventry
n
  1. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
    Synonym(s): banishment, ostracism, Coventry
  2. an industrial city in central England; devastated by air raids during World War II; remembered as the home of Lady Godiva in the 11th century
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coventry \Cov"en*try\ (k?v"en-tr?), n.
      A town in the county of Warwick, England.
  
      {To send to Coventry}, to exclude from society; to shut out
            from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct.
  
      {Coventry blue}, blue thread of a superior dye, made at
            Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Coventry, CT
      Zip code(s): 06238
   Coventry, RI
      Zip code(s): 02816
   Coventry, VT
      Zip code(s): 05825
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