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ca·the·dral
kə-ˈthē-drəl 
1
: of, relating to, or containing a cathedra
2
: emanating from a chair of authority
3
: suggestive of a cathedral
a cathedral grove of redwoods
1
: a church that is the official seat of a diocesan bishop
2
: something that resembles or suggests a cathedral (as in size or importance)
a cathedral of business
the sports cathedral
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Noun
the company didn't want just a new office building—it demanded a cathedral that proclaimed its place among the giants of finance
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Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
Either way, the glass sliding doors, shoji screens, and cathedral wood ceilings all give the split-level home an open, serene feel.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 20 Feb. 2025
Almudena Calatrava and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The collection also pays tribute to late French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, with a commemorative concert marking the 100th anniversary of his birth, and also features the first live concert at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral following its reopening last year.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Joining those at the 8:15 a.m. Mass, before their day of learning, were several hundred students of Christ Cathedral Academy, the elementary school that shares the cathedral campus with the Diocese of Orange leadership.
—Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
Either way, the glass sliding doors, shoji screens, and cathedral wood ceilings all give the split-level home an open, serene feel.
—Clio Chang, Curbed, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
Francis and Fernández de Kirchner were unfriendly neighbors in Plaza de Mayo, the central square that hosts both the government headquarters and the cathedral where Francis delivered homilies during much of her presidency from 2007 to 2015.
—Almudena Calatrava and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The collection also pays tribute to late French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, with a commemorative concert marking the 100th anniversary of his birth, and also features the first live concert at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral following its reopening last year.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Cathedral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cathedral. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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