Example sentences for: canongate

How can you use “canongate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • David also founded the Abbey of Holyrood and created several royal burghs (towns with special trading privileges), including Edinburgh and Canongate; the latter was under the jurisdiction of the monks, or “canons,” of Holyrood.

  • The town’s High Street stretched beneath the castle along the ridge to the east (today the Royal Mile), past the parish church of St. Giles, and out to the Netherbow, where Edinburgh ended and Canongate began.

  • Cross the busy road at the bottom of Canongate to enter the Holyrood area, Edinburgh’s current royal quarter.

  • Nearby Canongate Church was built in 1688, and the churchyard has a number of famous “residents. ”

  • The Royal Mile becomes Canongate where it intersects St. Mary’s Street.


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