cathedral

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large and important Christian church, especially the main one in a region run by a bishop.

   Tourists come from all over the world to admire the medieval cathedral.

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”).

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