Cantuar
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Cantuar is a title
Title
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 that the Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
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 is legally permitted, in England
England
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, to use to sign his name as a substitute for the surname
Surname
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He shares the right to use only a title in the signature with the Archbishop of York
Archbishop of York
The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and metropolitan of the Province of York, which covers the northern portion of England as well as the Isle of Man...

, other English bishop
Bishop
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s, and Peers of the Realm. The archbishop of York is known as "Ebor", from the Roman name for York: Eboracum.

"Cantuar." is also used a Latin abbreviation for the University of Kent
University of Kent
The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...

 (formerly the "University of Kent at Canterbury") in England and for the University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury , New Zealand's second-oldest university, operates its main campus in the suburb of Ilam in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...

 (Christchurch, New Zealand) which also uses a shortened version of the abbreviation ("Cant.").

Cantuar is a named place in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
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, Canada
Canada
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