| 单词 | cathedral church |
| 释义 | > as lemmascathedral church a. esp. in cathedral church (formerly also church cathedral), the church which contains the bishop's throne, the principal church of a diocese; = cathedral n. [ < French église cathédrale.] (It has been applied loosely to a collegiate or abbey church.)In some cases, e.g. cathedral town, it is difficult to distinguish between the original adjective, and the noun used attributively: see cathedraled adj. c. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > principal place of worship > [noun] minsterOE architemple1297 cathedral church1297 High Churchc1325 seec1325 mother churcha1387 parish churcha1387 High Kirk1422 see churchc1449 duomo1549 basilica1563 parish kirk1563 cathedral1587 dome1691 basilic1703 dom1861 domchurch1864 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 282 Atte heye chyrche of Wynchester, þer ys se was ydo, þat me clupede chyrche cathedral. a1384 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 73 Þei maken men to ȝeue here nedi liflode to here cathedral chirches þat han no nede. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2906 The chapitre of a chirche cathedralle. 1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 25 Boniface..songe in euery Cathedrall chirche of Wales a mas. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. v. sig. Ff.viijv/2 To make sacrifices in the high places, in their Cathedrall Churches at Bethel and at Dan. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 i. ii. 37 Me thought I was in the Cathedrall Church At Westminster. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxx. 254 Bishops and Churches Cathedrall being sufficiently endowed with landes. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. vi. viii. 411 The several cathedral and collegiate churches in England and Wales. < as lemmas |
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