cathedral

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/kəˈθiːdɹəl/

noun 4adj 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

great, magnificent | medieval, modern | baroque, Gothic, Romanesque | Anglican, Catholic

VERB + CATHEDRAL

build | see, visit

CATHEDRAL + VERB

dominate sth

The ancient cathedral dominates the skyline of the old town.

CATHEDRAL + NOUN

city, town | church

PREP

in a/the ~

The wedding ceremony took place in a beautiful cathedral in the heart of the city.

Definitions

adj

Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.

noun

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.

name

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 unanimous

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the principal Christian church building of a bishop's dioces

duomo

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The bishop presided over the ceremony from his seat in the cathedral.

Wiktionary

a cathedral of commerce

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The reaction from the Cathedral—the press, the political establishment, and everyone else who shaped acceptable opinion—was quick and unanimous

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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.

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[Curtis Yarvin] is forthright in his belief that the present order — to his mind, an oligarchy governed by a complex of elite institutions (like this newspaper) that he calls “the Cathedral” — should

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The cathedral dates back to the Middle Ages.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, cathedral is marked as informal, figuratively, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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