cathedral
Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.
Adjective 1 meaning
Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
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”).
CATHEDRAL at a glance
CATHEDRAL has 9 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (C 3 + A 1 + T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + D 2 + R 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,090 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with cathedral
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- CATHEDRAE15
- CATHEDRAS15
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