a church used as a temporary substitute for a cathedral
procathedral in American English
(ˌproukəˈθidrəl)
noun
a church used temporarily as a cathedral
Word origin
[1865–70; pro-1 + cathedral]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, dunk, figure skating, steamroller, valencepro- is a prefix indicating favor for some party, system, idea, etc., without identitywith the group (pro-British; pro-Communist; proslavery), having anti- as its opposite