cathedral

IPA: kʌθˈidrʌɫ

noun

  • The principal church of an archbishop's/bishop's archdiocese/diocese which contains an episcopal throne.
  • (loosely or informally) A large or important church building.
  • (figurative) A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.
  • A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.
  • (US politics, slang) In certain right-wing conspiracy theories, the mainstream system or establishment of society, held to be liberal or leftist and to be working against the interests of the people or nation, which is both.

adjective

  • Relating to the throne or the see of a bishop.
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Examples of "cathedral" in Sentences

  • Cathedral of the Incarnation website.
  • The monks were the canons of the Cathedral.
  • The church is the primatial cathedral of the Americas.
  • The cathedral of the diocese is the church of Sacred Heart in Pekhon.
  • The Dean of Christ Church is head of both the college and the cathedral.
  • The Church of the resurrection was then raised to the status of Cathedral.
  • The cathedral church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of the Assumption.
  • The church was designated the cathedral of the Diocese of Las Cruces in 1982.
  • The cathedral is Blackburn Cathedral and the Diocesan Bishop is The Rt. Revd.
  • Being intended for the Church, he obtained a benefice in the cathedral of Fermo.

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