English Explanatory Dictionary

cathedral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. A large or important church building.
  3. A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.
  4. A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.
name
  1. The mainstream system or establishment in society, regarded as liberal or leftist.

Pronunciation

/kəˈθiːdɹəl/ /kəˈtiːdrəl/ en-us-cathedral.ogg

Word forms

cathedral cathedrals the Cathedral

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”).

Related words

cathedratic archdiocese bishopric cathedra diocese

Derived words

cathedral cactus cathedral ceiling cathedral church cathedral city cathedral close cathedraled cathedralesque Cathedral Falls cathedralic cathedralism cathedrallike cathedral mound cathedral termite Cathedraltown co-cathedral noncathedral procathedral pro-cathedral the cathedral and the bazaar Westminster Cathedral
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