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語源 1

From 中期英語 cathedral, chathedral, cathiderall, from Old French [Term?], from Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra +‎ -ālis, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”).

形容詞

cathedral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.

関連する語

• cathedratic

語源 2

Ellipsis of cathedral church, from 中期英語 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 古期英語 hēafodċiriċe (literally “main church, head church”).

名詞

cathedral (plural cathedrals)

1. 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.
2. (loosely or informally) A large or important church building.
3. (figurative) A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.

   a cathedral of commerce

4. A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.

派生語

語源

Borrowed from Old French cathedral, from Latin cathedrālis.

発音

• IPA: /kaˌtɛːˈdraːl/, /kaˈtɛːdral/

形容詞

cathedral

1. cathedral (relating to the see of a bishop)

派生した語

• English: cathedral

参照

• “cathēdrāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.