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Synonyms for cathedral

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-thee-druh l
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈθi drəl

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Définition of cathedral

Origin :
  • 1580s, "church of a bishop," from phrase cathedral church (c.1300), partially translating Late Latin ecclesia cathedralis "church of a bishop's seat," from Latin cathedra "an easy chair (principally used by ladies)," also metonymically, e.g. cathedrae molles "luxurious women;" also "a professor's chair;" from Greek kathedra "seat, bench," from kata "down" (see cata-) + hedra "seat, base, chair, face of a geometric solid," from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sedentary).
  • It was born an adjective, and attempts to cobble further adjectivization onto it in 17c. yielded cathedraical (1670s), cathedratic (1660s), cathedratical (1660s), after which the effort seems to have been given up.
  • noun large church
Example sentences :
  • The Cathedral itself was only a great black bar in the West.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • It was at her right hand, in the second story of a house at the side of the Cathedral.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • It is full of suggestiveness, and, in its way, is as good as a cathedral.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Venerable's not a nice word to use about anything except a cathedral.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The 'bus was now rolling over London Bridge, and the Cathedral could not be seen.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The Eastern end of the Cathedral does not impress the beholder.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • John felt giddy as he looked down on the floor of the Cathedral.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • There was very little to see at Strasburg except the cathedral at this time.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • "Yes, they are singing of the prince in the cathedral," said Barbara, sadly.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • The chimes (he could hear none but those of the Cathedral) were heralding the hour of seven.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

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