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Coventry¹ Definition

Cov·en·try (kuv′ən trē, käv′-)

noun

a state of banishment; ostracism to send someone to Coventry

Etymology: prob. 17th-c. Cavalier use: the town was strongly Roundhead

Coventry² Definition

Cov·en·try (kuv′ən trē, käv′-)

city in central England, in West Midlands: county district pop. 294,000

Coventry Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • city: Behold the glory which is the crest of coventry city football club.
  • area: Website of local company Drains Are Us Ltd. The no 1 drainage company in the coventry area.

Noun used with modifier

  • v: THIS WEEK AT THE ABBEY: ROBINS v COVENTRY!
  • robin: THIS WEEK AT THE ABBEY: ROBINS v COVENTRY!
Coventry Quotes

When a man takes a farm from which another has been evicted, you must show him on the roadside when you meet him; you must show him in the streets of the town; you must show him in the fair and the market place; and even in the house of worship, by leaving him severely aloneöby putting him into a moral Coventry, by isolating himfromhiskindasif hewerea leperofold.You must show himyourdetestationofthe crimesthat hehas committed.

—Parnell, Charles Stewart