Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a cathedral.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Cathedral.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to, or resembling, a
cathedral .
Etymologies
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cathedral + -ic
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Examples
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The castle I did not see; but, I happened upon a large and stately old church, almost cathedralic in its dimensions.
Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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The castle I did not see; but, I happened upon a large and stately old church, almost cathedralic in its dimensions.
Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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The floor width was limited by a rather slender and low concrete guard wall that more invited than discouraged a plunge into the cathedralic depths below. "
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