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nounthe principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese
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"a cathedral church"relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne
Definition that contains cathedral
- see the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- canon a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter
- canterbury a town in Kent in southeastern England; site of the cathedral where Thomas a Becket was martyred in 1170; seat of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church
- basilica an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges
- minster any of certain cathedrals and large churches; originally connected to a monastery
- worcester a cathedral city in west central England on the River Severn
- chartres a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic Cathedral
- chapterhouse a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter
- parvis a courtyard or portico in front of a building (especially a cathedral)
- prebend the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon