Cathedral
noun
A large, often ornate church that is the main church of a bishop's jurisdiction.
He visited the ancient cathedral in Rome.
Often appears as...
- gothic cathedral
- cathedral city
noun
The group of clergy and other officials in a Christian cathedral.
The cathedral was preparing for the Christmas services.
Often appears as...
- cathedral chapter
- cathedral office
adjective
Relating to a cathedral.
He was appointed to a cathedral post.
Often appears as...
- cathedral city
- cathedral choir
noun
A large, often ornate church that is the main church of a bishop's jurisdiction.
He visited the ancient cathedral in Rome.
Often appears as...
- gothic cathedral
- cathedral city
noun
The group of clergy and other officials in a Christian cathedral.
The cathedral was preparing for the Christmas services.
Often appears as...
- cathedral chapter
- cathedral office
adjective
Relating to a cathedral.
He was appointed to a cathedral post.
Often appears as...
- cathedral city
- cathedral choir
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Cathedrals have historical value in architecture and are often tourist attractions.
The cathedral is a World Heritage site, visited by thousands.
Pro Tip 2/3Bishop's Seat
Cathedral originates from 'cathedra', meaning a bishop's seat; it's their church home.
The bishop delivered his sermon from the cathedral's ornate cathedra.
Pro Tip 3/3Architectural Style
Gothic and Romanesque are common cathedral styles with distinct features.
The cathedral is famous for its Gothic spires and stained glass.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Cathedrals have historical value in architecture and are often tourist attractions.
The cathedral is a World Heritage site, visited by thousands.
Pro Tip 2/3Bishop's Seat
Cathedral originates from 'cathedra', meaning a bishop's seat; it's their church home.
The bishop delivered his sermon from the cathedral's ornate cathedra.
Pro Tip 3/3Architectural Style
Gothic and Romanesque are common cathedral styles with distinct features.
The cathedral is famous for its Gothic spires and stained glass.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Significance
Cathedrals have historical value in architecture and are often tourist attractions.
The cathedral is a World Heritage site, visited by thousands.
Pro Tip 2/3Bishop's Seat
Cathedral originates from 'cathedra', meaning a bishop's seat; it's their church home.
The bishop delivered his sermon from the cathedral's ornate cathedra.
Pro Tip 3/3Architectural Style
Gothic and Romanesque are common cathedral styles with distinct features.
The cathedral is famous for its Gothic spires and stained glass.
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Why do we see illusions?...
were I moving towards the center, that all those optical lines are suggesting that I'm moving. What happens to them? Well, let's imagine. Imagine you've got a doorway. You've got a doorway. Imagine it's a cathedral doorway, to make it more concrete -- it'll be helpful in a second. When you're very far away from it,
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Boyd Varty: What I...
caused me to expand my definition of ubuntu, and I believe that in the cathedral of the wild, we get to see the most beautiful parts of ourselves reflected back at us. And it is not only through other people that we get to experience our humanity but through all the creatures that live on this planet.
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Want interstellar...
it's that kind of transformational thing let me tell you about how difficult it is and understand the interstellar travel you put three grains of sand in the cathedral and that Cathedral is more packed with sand and spaces with stars the issues that we look at are actually
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
Let's look at art now. Now art is something that in the secular world, we think very highly of. We think art is really, really important. A lot of our surplus wealth goes to museums, etc. We sometimes hear it said that museums are our new cathedrals, or our new churches.
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Can we stop climate...
This will be an enormous undertaking. You could describe it as a cathedral project. Those involved at the outset may draft the plans and dig the foundations, but they will not raise the spire to its full height. That task, that privilege, belongs to our descendants.
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Mark Pagel: How language...
And this is why our species has prospered around the world while the rest of the animals sit behind bars in zoos, languishing. That's why we build space shuttles and cathedrals while the rest of the world sticks sticks into the ground to extract termites.
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Shigeru Ban: Emergency...
and the most important cathedral of the city, the symbol of Christchurch, was totally destroyed. And I was asked to come to rebuild the temporary cathedral. So this is under construction. And I'd like to keep building monuments that are beloved by people.
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Rediscovering Glen...
these incredible places like cathedral madrid and music temple it was hard because I knew this was a place that was a lost world it was a place that was underneath the waters of Lake Powell that I would probably never get to
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Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
swamps twisted and gnarled trunks forming these cathedrals it's dark it's green it feels like you're in the Amazon or in some other world waiting waist deep amongst alligators Panthers bears it's really easy to get
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Why art thrives at...
we come together and build cathedrals in the dust. Forget the price tags. Forget the big names. What is art for in our contemporary world if not this? Thank you.
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Why do we see illusions?...
were I moving towards the center, that all those optical lines are suggesting that I'm moving. What happens to them? Well, let's imagine. Imagine you've got a doorway. You've got a doorway. Imagine it's a cathedral doorway, to make it more concrete -- it'll be helpful in a second. When you're very far away from it,
Video examples
Boyd Varty: What I...
caused me to expand my definition of ubuntu, and I believe that in the cathedral of the wild, we get to see the most beautiful parts of ourselves reflected back at us. And it is not only through other people that we get to experience our humanity but through all the creatures that live on this planet.
Video examples
Want interstellar...
it's that kind of transformational thing let me tell you about how difficult it is and understand the interstellar travel you put three grains of sand in the cathedral and that Cathedral is more packed with sand and spaces with stars the issues that we look at are actually
Video examples
Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
Let's look at art now. Now art is something that in the secular world, we think very highly of. We think art is really, really important. A lot of our surplus wealth goes to museums, etc. We sometimes hear it said that museums are our new cathedrals, or our new churches.
Video examples
Can we stop climate...
This will be an enormous undertaking. You could describe it as a cathedral project. Those involved at the outset may draft the plans and dig the foundations, but they will not raise the spire to its full height. That task, that privilege, belongs to our descendants.
Video examples
Mark Pagel: How language...
And this is why our species has prospered around the world while the rest of the animals sit behind bars in zoos, languishing. That's why we build space shuttles and cathedrals while the rest of the world sticks sticks into the ground to extract termites.
Video examples
Shigeru Ban: Emergency...
and the most important cathedral of the city, the symbol of Christchurch, was totally destroyed. And I was asked to come to rebuild the temporary cathedral. So this is under construction. And I'd like to keep building monuments that are beloved by people.
Video examples
Rediscovering Glen...
these incredible places like cathedral madrid and music temple it was hard because I knew this was a place that was a lost world it was a place that was underneath the waters of Lake Powell that I would probably never get to
Video examples
Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
swamps twisted and gnarled trunks forming these cathedrals it's dark it's green it feels like you're in the Amazon or in some other world waiting waist deep amongst alligators Panthers bears it's really easy to get
Video examples
Why art thrives at...
we come together and build cathedrals in the dust. Forget the price tags. Forget the big names. What is art for in our contemporary world if not this? Thank you.
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Minoru Yamasaki
American Architect
But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.
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Dan Flavin
American Sculptor
My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
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Sonia Rykiel
French Designer
People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
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Anselm Kiefer
German Artist
I grew up in a forest. It's like a room. It's protected. Like a cathedral... it is a place between heaven and earth.
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Zak Bagans
American Author
Whenever I traveled abroad and went into these old cathedrals and churches, I would feel so peaceful.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.
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Anita Diament
American Author
The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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Santiago Calatrava
Spanish Architect
It is an exceptional event to build a cathedral - it must withstand several lifetimes.
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Minoru Yamasaki
American Architect
But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.
Quote examples
Dan Flavin
American Sculptor
My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.
Quote examples
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
Quote examples
Sonia Rykiel
French Designer
People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral.
Quote examples
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
French Writer
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
Quote examples
Anselm Kiefer
German Artist
I grew up in a forest. It's like a room. It's protected. Like a cathedral... it is a place between heaven and earth.
Quote examples
Zak Bagans
American Author
Whenever I traveled abroad and went into these old cathedrals and churches, I would feel so peaceful.
Quote examples
Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.
Quote examples
Anita Diament
American Author
The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
Quote examples
Santiago Calatrava
Spanish Architect
It is an exceptional event to build a cathedral - it must withstand several lifetimes.
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