ca|the|dral «kuh THEE druhl», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. the official church of a bishop. The bishop of a district or diocese has a throne in the cathedral.
2. a large or important church: »
In the vast cathedral [Westminster Abbey] leave him (Tennyson).
–adj.
1. having a bishop's throne: »
cathedral churches.
2. a) of or proceeding from a pope's or bishop's throne; ex cathedra: »
the cathedral utterances of Leo XIII.
b) Figurative. of or characteristic of one in office or authority; authoritative; official; pontifical: »The style is too uniformly didactic, cathedral and declamatory (George Bernard Shaw).
3. a) of or like a cathedral: »
a cathedral city.
b) Figurative. appropriate to or suggestive of cathedrals: »Here aged trees cathedral walks compose (Alexander Pope).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.