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cathedralnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /kəˈθiː.drəl/ us ​ /kəˈθiː.drəl/

A2 a very large, usually stone, building for Christian worship. It is the largest and most important church of a diocese:

Salisbury Cathedral

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cathedralnoun [ C ]

us ​ /kəˈθi·drəl/

› a large and important church, esp. one that is the center of a large area

(Definition of “cathedral” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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