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cathedral

cat·hed·ral

UK/kəˈθiːdɹəl/ US/kəˈtiːdrəl/ fairly common informal us
noun (2) adjective (1)

noun

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adjective

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relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop''s office or throne

  • “a cathedral church”

Origin

Ellipsis of cathedral church, from Middle English chirche cathederall, cathedrall chirch, calque of Late Latin ecclēsia cathedrālis (“church serving as the bishop's or archbishop's office”), from Latin ecclēsia + cathedrālis. Displaced Old English hēafodċiriċe (literally “main church, head church”).

Phrases

  • cathedral cactus
  • cathedral ceiling
  • cathedral church
  • cathedral city
  • cathedral close
  • Cathedral Falls
  • cathedral mound

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