cathedralnoun [ C ]
uk/kəˈθiː.drəl/us/kəˈθiː.drəl/A2 a very large, usually stone, building for Christian worship. It is the largest and most important church of a diocese:
Salisbury Cathedral
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- I was woken up by the chimes of the cathedral bells.
- The old city around the cathedral is the most colourful part of town.
- A guide conducts tours of the cathedral every afternoon at 2.00.
- The new cathedral was completed and consecrated in 1962.
- In the cathedral vaults the air was dank and stale.
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