cathedral as a noun: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
cathedral
noun
1 cathedral
Any large and important church.
Roget 1000:
place of worship;
house of God,
house of prayer.
temple,
cathedral,
minster†,
church,
kirk,
chapel,
meetinghouse,
bethel†,
tabernacle,
conventicle,
basilica,
fane†,
holy place,
chantry†,
oratory.
synagogue;
mosque;
marabout†;
pantheon;
pagoda;
joss house†;
dogobah†,
tope;
kiosk;
kiack†,
masjid†.
[clergymen's residence]
parsonage,
rectory,
vicarage,
manse,
deanery,
glebe;
Vatican;
bishop's palace;
Lambeth.
altar,
shrine,
sanctuary,
Holy of Holies,
sanctum sanctorum [Lat.],
sacristy;
sacrarium†;
communion table,
holy table,
Lord's table;
table of the Lord;
pyx;
baptistery,
font;
piscina†,
stoup;
aumbry†;
sedile†;
reredos;
rood loft,
rood screen.
[parts of a church: list]
chancel,
quire,
choir,
nave,
aisle,
transept,
vestry,
crypt,
golgotha,
calvary,
Easter sepulcher;
stall,
pew;
pulpit,
ambo†,
lectern,
reading desk,
confessional,
prothesis†,
credence,
baldachin,
baldacchino†;
apse,
belfry;
chapter house;
presbytery;
anxious-bench,
anxious-seat;
diaconicum [Lat.],
jube†;
mourner's bench,
mourner's seat.
[exterior adjacent to a church]
cloisters,
churchyard.
monastery,
priory,
abbey,
friary,
convent,
nunnery,
cloister.
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Dutch: dom
Polish: katedra
2 cathedral
The principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese.
synonym: duomo.
Dutch: dom, domkerk, hoofdkerk, kathedraal, munster, munsterkerk
Polish: tum
adjective
1 cathedral
Relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne.
Moby thesaurus: accepted, approved, authentic, authoritative, basilica, bethel, cathedral church, church, church house, conventicle, duomo, ex cathedra, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, kirk, magisterial, meetinghouse, minor basilica, mission, official, patriarchal basilica, place of worship, received, standard ... show more.
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