cathedral
noun
- Christian church, which is seat of a bishop
adjective
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Pronunciation: /kəˈθiːdɹəl/ / /kəˈtiːdrəl/
adj
Etymology: 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”).
- Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.
name
Etymology: From cathedral. Coined by American far-right political theorist and computer scientist Curtis Yarvin, writing as Mencius Moldbug.
- The mainstream system or establishment in society, regarded as liberal or leftist.
“The reaction from the Cathedral—the press, the political establishment, and everyone else who shaped acceptable opinion—was quick and unanimous”
“This is why grown-up men and women in the Cathedral (to use the neoreactionary term for the Establishment) actually believe that the MAGA yahoos of January 6 nearly overthrew the US government.”
noun
Etymology: 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”).
- 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.
“The bishop presided over the ceremony from his seat in the cathedral.”
- A large or important church building.
- A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.
“a cathedral of commerce”
- A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.