| 释义 |
ca·the·dral
I. \kəˈthēdrəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin cathedralis, from Latin cathedra + -alis -al
1. : of, relating to, or containing a cathedra : of, relating to, or being a bishop's church
< a cathedral church >
2. : emanating from the chair of office or authority (as of a bishop) : official, authoritative
< a cathedral pronouncement >
3. : fit for or suggestive of a cathedral
< great elms forming cathedral arches above its roads — Phyllis Duganne >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Late Latin cathedralis, probably short for (assumed) ecclesia cathedralis cathedral church
1.
a. : a church that contains a cathedra and that is officially the principal church of a diocese
< the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York >
b. : a church that was once a bishop's church
c. : any of various large or important nonepiscopal churches
2.
a. : something that resembles or suggests a cathedral especially in its proportions or architectural features
< a Broadway cinema cathedral >
< that red-brick secular cathedral, Memorial Hall — A.N.Whitehead >
< elms that turn those streets into great cathedrals in summer — Maxwell Mays >
b. : the chapter house of a Scottish rite consistory
3. : plum purple
III. adjective
of women's formal apparel : having a length that reaches the floor and trails behind
< cathedral veil > |