cathedral

[Ca*the·dral]

On a trip to Europe, many visitors appreciate the stunning architecture of large churches known as cathedrals.

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The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

Noun
any large and important church

Noun
the principal Christian church building of a bishop''s diocese

Adjective
relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop''s office or throne; "a cathedral church"


n.
The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

a.
Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service.

a.
Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.

a.
Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks.


Cathedral

Ca*the"dral , n. [LL. cathedralis (sc. ecclesia): cf. F. cath'82drale. See Cathedra.] The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

Cathedral

Ca*the"dral, a. [LL. cathedralis: cf. F. cath'82dral.] 1. Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service. 2. Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.
Now, what solemnity can be more required for the pope to make a cathedral determination of an article!
3. Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks. Pope.

The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service.

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Usage Examples

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.

Sigmund Freud was the apostle of disbelief. He was the one who made psychoanalysis a part of our culture, and in so doing he kicked out a flying buttress that had been essential for holding up our cathedral of faith.

My faith grew strong, and I sent a letter (as I was ordered) to the Rev. Dignitary of the Cathedral of Exeter. I was assured, before I sent it, he would not answer it.

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.

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Other Usage Examples

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.

The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.

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