cathedral

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈθiːdɹəl/ (Early Modern) IPA(key): /kəˈtiːdrəl/ Hyphenation: ca‧the‧dral Rhymes: -iːdɹəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English cathedral, chathedral, cathiderall, from Old French [Term?], from Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra +‎ -ālis, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”). ==== Adjective ==== cathedral (not comparable) Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop. ===== Related terms ===== cathedratic ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== cathedral (plural cathedrals) The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra. (loosely or informally) A large or important church building. (figurative) A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind. A large buttressed structure built by certain termites. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== == Middle English == === Alternative forms === cathederall, cathedrall, cathedralle, cathiderall, chathedral, chathydralle === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French cathedral, from Latin cathedrālis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkatɛˈdral/, (by analogy with Latin cathedra) /kaˈtɛːdral/ === Adjective === cathedral cathedral (relating to the see of a bishop) ==== Descendants ==== English: cathedral ==== References ==== “cathēdrāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.