cathedral
Pronunciation: /kəˈθiːdɹəl/
The English word “cathedral” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.
noun
- The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra.
- A large or important church building.
- A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.
- A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.
Etymology
From Middle English cathedral, chathedral, cathiderall, from Old French [Term?], from Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra + -ālis, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”).
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