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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈθiːdrəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kəˈθidrəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kə thē′drəl)

ca•the•dral /kəˈθidrəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Religionthe principal church of a diocese, or any important church.

ca•the•dral (kə thē′drəl),USA pronunciation n.

Religionthe principal church of a diocese, containing the bishop's throne.
Religion(in nonepiscopal denominations) any of various important churches.

adj.

Religionpertaining to or containing a bishop's throne.
Religionpertaining to or emanating from a chair of office or authority.

Late Latin cathedrālis (ecclesia) a cathedral (church). See cathedra, -al¹
Middle English 1250–1300

ca•the′dral•like′, adj.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

cathedral /kəˈθiːdrəl/ n

- the principal church of a diocese, containing the bishop's official throne
- (as modifier): a cathedral city, cathedral clergy

Etymology: 13th Century: from Late Latin (ecclesia) cathedrālis cathedral (church), from cathedra bishop's throne, from Greek kathedra seat

'cathedral' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Amiens - Asmara - Auxerre - Ávila - Bayeux - boast - Braga - Brunelleschi - Burgos - canon - canonical - Canterbury - cantorial - chair - chapel - chapter - chapterhouse - Chartres - Chichester - choir - choir school - close - collegiate church - Cortona - Coventry - dean - decanal - dome - Durham - Elgin - Eliot - Ely - Évreux - Gerona - Ghiberti - Gibberd - Gill - Gloucester - Guildford - Hereford - Huesca - Inge - Kirkwall - Lady Chapel - Leicester - Lichfield - Lincoln - Lippi - Lugo - archdeacon

In Lists: Religious structures, Catholicism, Things associated with big cities, more...

Synonyms: principal church, bishop's seat, temple, house of God, house of prayer, more...

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