cathedral

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• /kəˈθiːdɹəl/
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• Early, Modern: /kəˈtiːdrəl/
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From Middle English cathedral, chathedral, cathiderall, from Old French [Term?], from Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra + -ālis, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”).

From cathedral. Coined by American far-right political theorist and computer scientist Curtis Yarvin, writing as Mencius Moldbug.

Ellipsis of cathedral church, from Middle English chirche cathederall, cathedrall chirch, calque of Late Latin ecclēsia cathedrālis (“church serving as the bishop's or archbishop's office”), from Latin ecclēsia + cathedrālis. Displaced Old English hēafodċiriċe (literally “main church, head church”).

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: cathédral — relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop
• Middle English: cathedral — relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop
• Spanish: catedral — relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop
• Welsh: cadeiriol — relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop
• Chinese Mandarin: 大教堂 (Dàjiàotáng) — Translations
• Belarusian: сабо́р (sabór) — big church building
• Bulgarian: катедра́ла (katedrála) — big church building
• Catalan: catedral — big church building
• Chinese Mandarin: 大教堂 (dàjiàotáng) — big church building
• Danish: katedral — big church building
• Esperanto: katedralo — big church building
• Finnish: kirkko — big church building
• Finnish: katedraali — big church building
• French: cathédrale — big church building
• German: Bischofskirche — big church building
• German: Dom — big church building
• German: Domkirche — big church building
• German: Hauptkirche — big church building
• German: Kathedrale — big church building
• Greek: καθεδρικός ναός (kathedrikós naós) — big church building
• Hindi: कैथेड्रल (kaitheḍral) — big church building
• Hindi: गिरजा (girjā) — big church building
• Hindi: गिर्जा (girjā) — big church building
• Hindi: गिरजाघर (girjāghar) — big church building
• Hindi: गिर्जाघर (girjāghar) — big church building
• Hindi: कलीसा (kalīsā) — big church building
• Hindi: कलीसिया (kalīsiyā) — big church building
• Ido: katedralo — big church building
• Italian: cattedrale — big church building
• Italian: duomo — big church building
• Khmer: វិសាលវិហារ (visaalvihiə) — big church building
• Konkani: इगर्जे (igarje) — big church building
• Macedonian: катедра́ла (katedrála) — big church building
• Portuguese: catedral — big church building
• Romanian: catedrală — big church building
• Russian: собо́р (sobór) — big church building
• Spanish: catedral — big church building
• Ukrainian: собо́р (sobór) — big church building
• Afrikaans: katedraal — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Albanian: katedrale — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Amharic: ካቴድራል (katedral) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Arabic: كَاتِدْرَائِيَّة (kātidrāʔiyya) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Arabic: كاتدرائيَّة (kātidrāʔiyya) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Armenian: մայր տաճար (mayr tačar) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Azerbaijani: kafedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Basque: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Belarusian: сабо́р (sabór) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Bengali: ক্যাথেড্রাল (kêtheḍral) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Breton: iliz-veur — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Bulgarian: катедра́ла (katedrála) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Burmese: ကသီဒရယ် (ka.sida.rai) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Catalan: catedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Chinese Mandarin: 大教堂 (dàjiàotáng) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Chinese Mandarin: 主教座堂 (zhǔjiàozuòtáng) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Corsican: cattidrale — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Czech: katedrála — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Danish: domkirke — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Danish: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Dutch: kathedraal — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Esperanto: katedralo — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Estonian: katedraal — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Estonian: toomkirik — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Finnish: tuomiokirkko — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Finnish: katedraali — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• French: cathédrale — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Galician: catedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Galician: sé — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Georgian: ტაძარი (ṭaʒari) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• German: Bischofskirche — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• German: Dom — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• German: Domkirche — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• German: Hauptkirche — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• German: Kathedrale — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Greek: μητρόπολη (mitrópoli) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Greek: καθεδρικός ναός (kathedrikós naós) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Greek: επισκοπή (episkopí) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Gujarati: કેથેડ્રલ (ketheḍral) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Hebrew: קָתֶדרָלָה (katedrala) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Hindi: कैथेड्रल (kaitheḍral) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Hungarian: székesegyház — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Hungarian: katedrális — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Hungarian: dóm — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Icelandic: dómkirkja — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Ido: katedralo — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Indonesian: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Irish: An Teampall Mór — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Irish: ardeaglais — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Italian: cattedrale — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Italian: duomo — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Japanese: 大聖堂 (daiseidō) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Javanese: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Kazakh: собор (sobor) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Khmer: ព្រះវិហារ (prĕəh vihiə) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Korean: 대성당 (daeseongdang) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Northern Kurdish: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Kyrgyz: собор (sobor) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Lao: ໂບດໃຫຍ່ (bōt h) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Latvian: katedrāle — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Lithuanian: katedra — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Luxembourgish: Kathedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Luxembourgish: Doum — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Macedonian: катедра́ла (katedrála) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Macedonian: соборна црква (soborna crkva) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Macedonian: соборен храм (soboren hram) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Malay: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Malay: gereja besar — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Manx: ard-çhiamble — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Mauritian Creole: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Mongolian: чогчин дуган (čogčin dugan) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Norman: cathédrale — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Norwegian Bokmål: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Norwegian Bokmål: domkirke — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Norwegian Nynorsk: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Norwegian Nynorsk: domkyrkje — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Occitan: catedrala — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Old English: hēafodċiriċe — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Pashto: لويه کليسا (loya kalisā) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Iranian Persian: کِلیسایِ جامِع (kelisâ-ye jâme') — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Polish: katedra — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Portuguese: catedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Romanian: catedrală — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Russian: собо́р (sobór) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Russian: кафедра́льный собо́р (kafedrálʹnyj sobór) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Scottish Gaelic: àrd-eaglais — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Scottish Gaelic: cathair-eaglais — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Scottish Gaelic: prìomh-eaglais — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Serbo-Croatian: катедра́ла — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Serbo-Croatian: са́бор — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Serbo-Croatian: katedrála — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Serbo-Croatian: sábor — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Sicilian: domu — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Slovak: katedrála — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Slovene: katedrala — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Spanish: catedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Swahili: kanisa kuu — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Swedish: domkyrka — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Swedish: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Tagalog: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Tajik: собор (sobor) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Telugu: కేథడ్రల్ (kēthaḍral) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Thai: อาสนวิหาร (àat-sà-ná-wí-hǎan) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Turkish: katedral — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Turkish: başkilise — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Turkmen: sobor — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Turkmen: ybadathana — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Ukrainian: собо́р (sobór) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Urdu: کَیتِھڈْرَل (kaithiḍral) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Uyghur: چوڭ چېركاۋ (chong chërkaw) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Uyghur: باش چېركاۋ (bash chërkaw) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Uyghur: كافېدرال (kafëdral) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Uzbek: sobor — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Uzbek: ibodathona — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Vietnamese: nhà thờ chính tòa — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Vietnamese: đại giáo đường — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Vietnamese: nhà thờ lớn — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Volapük: leglüg — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Welsh: eglwys gadeiriol — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Welsh: cadeirlan — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• West Flemish: kateedroale — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop
• Yiddish: קאַטעדראַל (katedral) — church serving as the office of the diocese's bishop and archdiocese's archbishop