THOMAS BECKET Synonyms

• a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ

• port wine mulled with oranges and cloves

• (chess) a piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color

• a clergyman or other person in religious orders

• one who suffers for the sake of principle

• one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

• kill as a martyr

• torture and torment like a martyr

• a senior clergyman and dignitary

• a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

• person of exceptional holiness

• model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

• hold sacred

• declare (a dead person) to be a saint

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

• (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)

• (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)

• (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)

• (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)