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# cathedral

noun (a cathedral, cathedrals)

«cathedral» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A cathedral is a very large and important Christian church, the main church of an area led by a bishop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cathedral/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history and religious education lessons pupils learn that cathedrals took many years to build, with tall towers, spires and stained-glass windows. In geography a city often grows around its cathedral. Famous ones: St Paul's, Canterbury, Notre-Dame, St Patrick's. In maths, their windows and arches are used to explore symmetry.

### Examples

- We visited the cathedral on our school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cathedral/#x1)
- The cathedral has a tall stone spire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cathedral/#x2)
- Light came through the cathedral's stained-glass windows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cathedral/#x3)
- The bishop led a service in the cathedral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cathedral/#x4)
- It took workers many years to build the cathedral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cathedral/#x5)
- The cathedral bells rang across the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cathedral/#x6)
- He passed by the cathedral tower, where the white marble angels were sculptured. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cathedral/#x7)

### Note

Not every big church is a cathedral; it must be the seat of a bishop. In the UK a town with a cathedral was traditionally called a city. Spelling: cath-e-dral.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cathedral» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cathedral/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cathedral» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cathedral.html) on Mova free.