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    /kəˈθidrəl/ · /kəˈθiːdrəl/

    The main church of a particular area, and the one that a bishop is in charge of. There is usually only one in an area, and it is normally much larger and older than the other churches.

    大教堂；主教座堂

    複數 cathedrals

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A cathedral is not simply a big church — it is the one church in an area that holds the bishop's seat. Size follows from rank: because the bishop is based there, it is usually the oldest, tallest and most building in the city, and the town around it takes its name from it (Canterbury Cathedral, a cathedral city). A huge and beautiful church without a bishop is still just a church.

可以想成「主教坐鎮的那一間教堂」，而不只是「很大的教堂」。大小是跟著地位來的：因為主教駐在這裡，它通常就是全城最老、…更多收起可以想成「主教坐鎮的那一間教堂」，而不只是「很大的教堂」。大小是跟著地位來的：因為主教駐在這裡，它通常就是全城最老、最高、裝飾最講究的建築，整座城市也常跟著它被記住（Canterbury Cathedral、a cathedral city）。反過來說，一間再大再漂亮、但沒有主教座位的教堂，英文仍然只叫 church。

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Cathedralname

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    governmentpoliticsThe mainstream system or establishment in society, regarded as liberal or leftist.

    • The reaction from the Cathedral—the press, the political establishment, and everyone else who shaped acceptable opinion—was quick and unanimous
    • This is why grown-up men and women in the Cathedral (to use the neoreactionary term for the Establishment) actually believe that the MAGA yahoos of January 6 nearly overthrew the US government.

cathedraladj詞源 1/kəˈθiːdɹəl/

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    Relating to the office of a bishop or an archbishop.

cathedralnoun詞源 2/kəˈθiːdɹəl/

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    The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an episcopal throne known as the cathedra.

    • The bishop presided over the ceremony from his seat in the cathedral.
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    informalA large or important church building.

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    A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.

    • a cathedral of commerce
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    A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。