cathedral
Syllables: ca·the·dralUK/kəˈθiːdɹəl/
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Early/kəˈtiːdrəl/
cathedral adjective: relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.
Adjective
cathedral (not comparable)
- Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.
Noun
cathedral (plural cathedrals)
- 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.
- A large or important church building.
- A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.
- a cathedral of commerce
- A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.
Proper noun capitalized: Cathedral
the Cathedral
- The mainstream system or establishment in society, regarded as liberal or leftist.
- The reaction from the Cathedral—the press, the political establishment, and everyone else who shaped acceptable opinion—was quick and unanimous2019 May 14, Michael Malice, “The Strike” (chapter 3), in The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics, →ISBN, from third sentence of third paragraph
- This is why grown-up men and women in the Cathedral (to use the neoreactionary term for the Establishment) actually believe that the MAGA yahoos of January 6 nearly overthrew the US government.2022 January 14, Rod Dreher, “Neckbeard Militias Are Not My Enemy”, in The American Conservative, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2022
cathedral meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cathedral in Hindi
- church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
- कैथेड्रल kaitheḍral
- big church building
- कैथेड्रल kaitheḍral, गिरजा girjā, गिर्जा girjā, गिरजाघर girjāghar, गिर्जाघर girjāghar, कलीसा kalīsā
cathedral in Tamil
- பேராலயம்
cathedral in Marathi
- कॅथेड्रल
cathedral in Urdu
- church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
- کَیتِھڈْرَل kaithiḍral
More languagesFewer languages
- cathedral in Bengali
- ক্যাথেড্রাল kêtheḍral
- cathedral in Telugu
- కేథడ్రల్ kēthaḍral
- cathedral in Malayalam
- കത്തീഡ്രൽ പള്ളി
- cathedral in Kannada
- ಇಗರ್ಜಿ
- cathedral in Punjabi
- ਕੈਥੇਡ੍ਰਲ
- cathedral in Gujarati
- કેથેડ્રલ ketheḍral
- cathedral in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ାଥେଡ୍ରାଲ୍, କ୍ଯ଼ାଥେଡ୍ରାଲ, କ୍ଯ଼ାଥିଡ୍ରାଲ୍
- cathedral in Nepali
- क्याथेड्रल
- cathedral in Pashto
- لويه کليسا loya kalisā
- cathedral in Tagalog
- katedral
- cathedral in Arabic
- كَاتِدْرَائِيَّة kātidrāʔiyya
- cathedral in Malay
- katedral, gereja besar
- cathedral in Indonesian
- katedral
- cathedral in Thai
- อาสนวิหาร àat-sà-ná-wí-hǎan
- cathedral in Vietnamese
- nhà thờ chính tòa, đại giáo đường, nhà thờ lớn
- cathedral in Myanmar
- ကသီဒရယ် ka.sida.rai
Examples of cathedral in a sentence
- If you look to the left, you can note the old cathedral.
- We went over the cathedral and then had lunch in the cafe.
- The guidebook suggested that we visit the local cathedral, so that's what we did.
Forms of cathedral
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cathedrals |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form (rare) | the cathedral |
Origin of cathedral
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”).
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”).
From cathedral. Coined by American far-right political theorist and computer scientist Curtis Yarvin, writing as Mencius Moldbug.
Words formed from cathedral
- 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
Phrases with cathedral
Words that rhyme with cathedral
Questions about cathedral
- What does cathedral mean?
- Cathedral means relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.
- What is cathedral in Hindi?
- Cathedral in Hindi is कैथेड्रल (kaitheḍral), गिरजा (girjā), गिर्जा (girjā). See Cathedral meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cathedral?
- Cathedral can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cathedral?
- Cathedral is pronounced /kəˈθiːdɹəl/ (UK).
Words near cathedral in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cathedral (page history and authors); Cathedral (page history and authors); cathedral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cathedral (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cathedral (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Cathedral (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cathedral (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cathedral (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cathedral (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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