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 Definitions of Cathedral  [əˈθi drəl]  

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Definition of 'Cathedral' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cathedral
the principal church of a diocese, containing the bishop's throne.

2.  cathedral
(in nonepiscopal denominations) any of various important churches.

3. (adj.) cathedral
pertaining to or containing a bishop's throne.

4.  cathedral
authoritative.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME < LL cathedrālis (ecclesia) a cathedral (church). See cathedra , -al1)

Definition of 'Cathedral' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cathedral
any large and important church

2. (adj) cathedral, duomo
the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese

3. (adj) cathedral
relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne
"a cathedral church"


Definition of 'Cathedral' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) cathedral
a large church


Definition of 'Cathedral' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Cathedral
pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service

2. (adj) Cathedral
emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative

3. (adj) Cathedral
resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks

4. (noun) Cathedral
the principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne


Definitions of 'Cathedral' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  Cathedral
the principal church in a diocese, and which contains the throne of the bishop as his seat of authority; is of a rank corresponding to the dignity of the bishop; the governing body consists of the dean and chapter.


Definitions of 'Cathedral' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  Cathedral
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Translation of 'Cathedral' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the principal church of a district under a bishop.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: katedraal Arabic flag Arabic: كاتِدرائيه، كَنيسَةٌ كَبي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: катедрала
Brazilian flag Brazilian: catedral Czech flag Czech: katedrála German flag German: der Dom
Danish flag Danish: domkirke; katedral Greek flag Greek: καθεδρικός ναός Spanish flag Spanish: catedral
Estonian flag Estonian: katedraal Farsi flag Farsi: کلیسای جامع Finnish flag Finnish: tuomiokirkko
French flag French: cathédrale Hebrew flag Hebrew: קָתֶדרָלָה Hindi flag Hindi: बड़ा गिरजा
Croatian flag Croatian: katedrala Hungarian flag Hungarian: székesegyház Indonesian flag Indonesian: katedral
Icelandic flag Icelandic: dómkirkja Italian flag Italian: cattedrale Japanese flag Japanese: 大聖堂
Korean flag Korean: 대성당 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: katedra Latvian flag Latvian: katedrāle
Malay flag Malay: gereja besar Dutch flag Dutch: kathedraal Norwegian flag Norwegian: katedral, domkirke
Polish flag Polish: katedra Persian flag Persian: کلیسای جامع Pashto flag Pashto: لوبه كليسا
Portuguese flag Portuguese: catedral Romanian flag Romanian: catedrală Russian flag Russian: собор
Slovak flag Slovak: katedrála Slovenian flag Slovenian: stolnica Serbian flag Serbian: katedrala
Swedish flag Swedish: katedral, domkyrka Thai flag Thai: โบสถ์ที่สำคัญ Turkish flag Turkish: katedral, baş kilise
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 大教堂 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: кафедральний собор Urdu flag Urdu: ایک بڑا گرجہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhà thờ lớn Chinese flag Chinese: 大教堂

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