cathedral

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The great bell sounded in the western turret of the cathedral, and the booming of cannon was once more heard from the Castle of St. Angelo. The service within the cathedral was at an end, the leather curtains that hung before the great bronze doors parted, and out poured the procession of pilgrims, until the whole wide expanse of the portico was filled.

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  1. noun The principal church of a bishop's diocese, containing the episcopal throne.
  2. noun A large, important church.
  3. noun Something that resembles a cathedral, as in grandeur or authority.

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  1. Short for cathedral church, from Middle English cathedral, of a diocese, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cathedrālis, of a bishop's see, from Latin cathedra, chair; see cathedra.

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  1. First in the phrase cathedral church (so in Middle English), translating Middle Latin ecclesia cathedralis, a church containing the bishop's throne: L. ecclesia, an assembly, Middle Latin a church; Middle Latin cathedralis, adjective, from cathedra, a chair, especially a bishop's throne, also applied to the cathedral church itself: see cathedra.
 

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/kəˈθidrəl/
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