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cathedral en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /kəˈtiːdrəl/ (Early, Modern)
- [kɪ̈ˈθidɹəl] (Canada, General-American) weak vowel merger
- /kəˈθiːdɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəˈθiːdɹəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (California) audio
- /kəˈθidɹəl/ (Canada, General-American)
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”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.
Relateds
cathedratic
Translations (4)
fr cathédral (relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop) · es catedral (relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop) · cy cadeiriol (relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop) · enm cathedral (relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop)
cathedral en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /kəˈtiːdrəl/ (Early, Modern)
- [kɪ̈ˈθidɹəl] (Canada, General-American) weak vowel merger
- /kəˈθiːdɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəˈθiːdɹəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (California) audio
- /kəˈθidɹəl/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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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.
The bishop presided over the ceremony from his seat in the cathedral.
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(broadly, informal) A large or important church building.
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(figuratively) A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.
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A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.
Forms
Deriveds
cathedrallike · cathedraled · cathedral ceiling · Westminster Cathedral · Cathedraltown · pro-cathedral · procathedral · noncathedral · cathedralic · cathedral mound · Cathedral Falls · cathedral church · cathedral city · cathedralesque · cathedral close · Cathedral City · cathedralism · co-cathedral · the cathedral and the bazaar · cathedral termite · cathedral cactus
Relateds
bishopric · archdiocese · cathedra · diocese
Translations (155)
sh са́бор (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · et katedraal (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Domkirche (big church building) · km វិសាលវិហារ (big church building) · tr katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · kk собор (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · te కేథడ్రల్ (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · lo ໂບດໃຫຍ່ (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · eo katedralo (big church building) · be сабо́р (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · mk соборен храм (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Hauptkirche (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ru собо́р (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · gv ard-çhiamble (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · mk катедра́ла (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · mk катедра́ла (big church building) · el καθεδρικός ναός (big church building) · vi đại giáo đường (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · io katedralo (big church building) · ga An Teampall Mór (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · sl katedrala (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · lt katedra (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hu dóm (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ug باش چېركاۋ (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Kathedrale (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · he קָתֶדרָלָה (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · km ព្រះវិហារ (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · nb domkirke (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hi कैथेड्रल (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Bischofskirche (big church building) · sh катедра́ла (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · el επισκοπή (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hi गिर्जा (big church building) · it duomo (big church building) · uz ibodathona (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · kmr katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · el καθεδρικός ναός (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · es catedral (big church building) · tk sobor (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · is dómkirkja (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · sq katedrale (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · it duomo (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ms katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · jv katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · fa-ira کِلیسایِ جامِع (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hy մայր տաճար (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · id katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · lb Kathedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · af katedraal (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hu székesegyház (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · it cattedrale (big church building) · hu katedrális (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · da katedral (big church building) · bn ক্যাথেড্রাল (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · cmn 主教座堂 (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hi गिर्जाघर (big church building) · sw kanisa kuu (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · lv katedrāle (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · br iliz-veur (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Domkirche (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · gl sé (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · fr cathédrale (big church building) · ja 大聖堂 (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · cmn 大教堂 (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · io katedralo (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · scn domu (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hi कलीसिया (big church building) · fi katedraali (big church building) · ca catedral (big church building) · cs katedrála (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Dom (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · da domkirke (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ur کَیتِھڈْرَل (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ga ardeaglais (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · nn domkyrkje (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ru кафедра́льный собо́р (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · uz sobor (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · vls kateedroale (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · gl catedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Dom (big church building) · sv katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ug چوڭ چېركاۋ (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · vi nhà thờ lớn (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · cy eglwys gadeiriol (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ka ტაძარი (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · uk собо́р (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · fi tuomiokirkko (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · et toomkirik (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · fi kirkko (big church building) · gd àrd-eaglais (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · cmn 大教堂 (big church building) · ca catedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · pl katedra (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ps لويه کليسا (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ky собор (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ug كافېدرال (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ang hēafodċiriċe (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · eu katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ro catedrală (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · vo leglüg (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ro catedrală (big church building) · bg катедра́ла (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · az kafedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · nl kathedraal (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · fi katedraali (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hi गिरजा (big church building) · yi קאַטעדראַל (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · cy cadeirlan (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · fr cathédrale (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · sh katedrála (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hi कलीसा (big church building) · pt catedral (big church building) · ru собо́р (big church building) · ko 대성당 (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · tk ybadathana (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · mn чогчин дуган (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · eo katedralo (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · vi nhà thờ chính tòa (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · mk соборна црква (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hi गिरजाघर (big church building) · bg катедра́ла (big church building) · tg собор (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · co cattidrale (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · it cattedrale (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · tr başkilise (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · nrf cathédrale (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · da katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · kok इगर्जे (big church building) · mfe katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · gd cathair-eaglais (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · uk собо́р (big church building) · my ကသီဒရယ် (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · tl katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · lb Doum (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Hauptkirche (big church building) · be сабо́р (big church building) · el μητρόπολη (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · hi कैथेड्रल (big church building) · oc catedrala (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · es catedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Kathedrale (big church building) · ar كَاتِدْرَائِيَّة (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · ms gereja besar (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · sk katedrála (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · th อาสนวิหาร (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · am ካቴድራል (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · nb katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · pt catedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · de Bischofskirche (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · sh sábor (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · gd prìomh-eaglais (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · gu કેથેડ્રલ (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · sv domkyrka (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · acw كاتدرائيَّة (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop) · nn katedral (church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop)
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