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cathedral

/kuh-thee-druhl/US // kəˈθi drəl //UK // (kəˈθiːdrəl) //

大教堂,教堂,圣母院

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the principal church of a diocese, containing the bishop's throne.
    • : any of various important churches.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or containing a bishop's throne.
    • : pertaining to or emanating from a chair of office or authority.

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Examples

  • For Allen, a Roman Catholic as passionate about the sport as she is about her faith, the baseball diamond has always been a cathedral.

  • Tickets to the virtual Q&A are free, though donations to the cathedral are welcome.

  • Then came a Frankish church, a Merovingian basilica, and Carolingian and Romanesque cathedrals.

  • With fancy software, they can make a song sound like it was recorded in an echo-y cathedral.

  • Also, it should be noted that some cathedrals collapsed as a result of short-sighted workmanship.

  • In 1997, an earthquake in Assisi caused the collapse of the main cathedral and killed ten people.

  • Here it is being performed by the Westminster Cathedral Choir.

  • He led the packed cathedral in applause for Ramos and Liu and asked Bratton to bring a message to the men and women of the NYPD.

  • From deep within, looking up at the tropical sky is like staring through the dome of some kind of earthen cathedral.

  • Can you believe someone could get into a cathedral and do a concert?

  • The cathedral is the only Spanish parochial church; it cares for two thousand four hundred souls.

  • Father Fochel of the Cathedral had attempted to explain it; but he had not done so to her satisfaction.

  • They have an old Cathedral here (now Presbyterian) of which the citizens seem quite proud, I can't perceive why.

  • Inside the walls of Manila there is only one Spanish parochial church, namely, the cathedral.

  • There is a six-horse steam engine in use in Chester Cathedral (installed 1876).