becket

Other forms of becket

plural

beckets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about becket

What does becket mean?

becket means "(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)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in becket?

becket has 2 syllables: bec-ket. The stress falls on "bec". In IPA it is /ˈbɛkət/.

What is another word for becket?

Close synonyms include Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is becket a common word?

becket is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.