Cathedral

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  • noun. The principal church of a bishop's diocese, containing the episcopal throne.
  • noun. A large, important church.
  • noun. Something that resembles a cathedral, as in grandeur or authority.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or containing a bishop's throne.
  • adjective. Relating to or issuing from a chair of office or authority; authoritative.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or resembling a cathedral.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Containing a bishop's seat, or used especially for episcopal services; serving or adapted for use as a cathedral: as, a cathedral church.
  • Pertaining to a cathedral; connected with or suggesting a cathedral; characteristic of cathedrals: as, a cathedral service; cathedral music; the cathedral walks of a forest.
  • Emanating from or relating to a chair of office or official position; hence, having or displaying authority; authoritative.
  • noun. The principal church in a diocese, which is specially the church of the bishop: so called from the fact that it contains the episcopal chair or cathedra.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.
  • adjective. Pertaining to the head church of a diocese.
  • adjective. Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.
  • adjective. Resembling the aisles of a cathedral.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A big church building, central place for some area.
  • noun. The principal church of a bishop's diocese which contains an episcopal throne.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne
  • noun. the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese
  • noun. any large and important church
  • Word Usage
    "She had a two-storey apartment, and in part of it they'd gone right through the ceiling to make what they call a cathedral ceiling."
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