cathedral

cathedral · adjective¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαθέδρα“chair of a teacher, throne”
2. Latin · derived fromcathedrālis
3. Old French · derived from[Term?]
4. Middle English · inherited fromcathedral
5. English todaycathedral

From Middle English cathedral, chathedral, cathiderall, from Old French [Term?], from Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra + -ālis, from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”).

cathedral · noun²

1. Late Latin · calque ofecclēsia cathedrālis“church serving as the bishop's or archbishop's office”
2. Middle English · inherited fromchirche cathederall
3. English todaycathedral

Ellipsis of cathedral church, from Middle English chirche cathederall, cathedrall chirch, calque of Late Latin ecclēsia cathedrālis (“church serving as the bishop's or archbishop's office”), from Latin ecclēsia + cathedrālis. Displaced Old English hēafodċiriċe (literally “main church, head church”).

Cathedral · proper noun³

From cathedral. Coined by American far-right political theorist and computer scientist Curtis Yarvin, writing as Mencius Moldbug.

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