cathedral
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noun
the
principal
church
of a
diocese
, with which the
bishop
is
officially
associated
: 司教が公式に結びついてる、司教区の最も重要な教会
大聖堂, 司教, 主教座聖堂〘司教, 主教(
bishop
)の管轄する教区(
diocese
)にあり法座(
cathedra
)を備える〙
e.g.
in names
:
St. Paul's Cathedral
.: セント・ポール大聖堂
ORIGIN
Middle English
(as an adjective, the noun being short for
cathedral
church
‘the
church
which contains the
bishop
's
throne
’): from late
Latin
cathedralis
, from
Latin
cathedra
‘
seat
’, from
Greek
kathedra
.