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cathedral

[kuh-thee-druhl] / kəˈθi drəl /


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For safe-keeping, the flag is displayed in very low light, giving the chamber a sacred feel, like a cathedral crypt.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

They did confirm that Pope Leo turned down Macron's idea of a meeting with artisans who helped rebuild the fire-devastated Notre-Dame cathedral.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

I thought I would cry when I saw the cathedral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

That night, I had dinner in a garden and walked back past the cathedral, enormous and silent in the dark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

She walked along the floor of the grove feeling much as if she were in a cathedral: there was the same stillness, the same sense of upwardness in the structures, the same awe within herself.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Many vicars, bishops, and archbishops are known to have personally managed investments in plantations, and in the South Sea Company, sometimes paying for renovations to churches and cathedrals.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

“What an incredible opportunity to elevate the sport in a city where you have one of the great cathedrals of the sport,” Wasserman told The Times last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026

The paper survives as a husk, but the institution that became one of the cathedrals of world journalism is gone.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2026

In Gothic cathedrals the arched vault tended to push the piers outward.

From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay




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