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cathedral

See also: cathédral

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kəˈθiː.dɹəl/
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English cathedral, chathedral, cathiderall, from Old French [Term?], from Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra +‎ -ālis.

Adjective edit

cathedral (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the throne or the see of a bishop.
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Etymology 2 edit

 
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A large cathedral in Reims, France, with many architectural features traditional to such a structure.

Ellipsis of cathedral church, from Middle English chirche cathederall, cathedrall chirch, calque of Late Latin ecclēsia cathedrālis (“church having a bishop's seat”), from Latin ecclēsia +‎ cathedrālis. Displaced Old English hēafodċiriċe (literally “main church, head church”).

Noun edit

cathedral (plural cathedrals)

  1. The principal church of an archbishop's/bishop's archdiocese/diocese which contains an episcopal throne.
  2. (loosely or informally) A large or important church building.
  3. (figurative) A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind.
    a cathedral of commerce
  4. A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.
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Etymology 3 edit

Coined by political blogger Curtis Yarvin, writing as Mencius Moldbug.

Proper noun edit

the Cathedral or the cathedral

  1. (US politics, slang, Dark Enlightenment) A mainstream system or establishment in society, held to be liberal or leftist and to be working against the interests of the people or nation.
    • 2019 May 14, Michael Malice, “The Strike” (chapter 3), in The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics‎[1], →ISBN, from third sentence of third paragraph:
      The reaction from the Cathedral—the press, the political establishment, and everyone else who shaped acceptable opinion—was quick and unanimous
    • 2022 January 14, Rod Dreher, “Neckbeard Militias Are Not My Enemy”, in The American Conservative‎[2], archived from the original on 2022-04-15:
      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.
    • 2022 December 10, Ross Douthat, “A Political Theory of King Elon Musk”, in The New York Times‎[3], archived from the original on March 23, 2024:
      [Curtis Yarvin] is forthright in his belief that the present order — to his mind, an oligarchy governed by a complex of elite institutions (like this newspaper) that he calls “the Cathedral” — should be overthrown
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cathedral.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French cathedral, from Latin cathedrālis.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaˌtɛːˈdraːl/, /kaˈtɛːdral/

Adjective edit

cathedral

  1. cathedral (relating to the see of a bishop)

Descendants edit

  • English: cathedral

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