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cathedral

noun

Definition of cathedral

as in tower

a large, magnificent, or massive building the company didn't want just a new office building—it demanded a cathedral that proclaimed its place among the giants of finance

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Recent Examples of cathedral In a carousel shared to Instagram, the star included a photo of herself walking through an old cathedral in a pale gray wedding dress embellished with flowers and birds and a long, floor-sweeping veil. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 The Palais de Tokyo in Paris also closed this week, as did the two towers of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, which have been shut since Monday. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026 Two thousand years later, the Melkite Archbishop of Tyre, Georges Eskandar, was saying mass in the stone cathedral with about one hundred people filling the pews. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026 AmaSofia’s spring 2026 debut brings 31 departures, including Christmas Markets cruises, when festive decorations transform old towns and cathedrals. — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for cathedral

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In Laguna Beach, canopies — limited in size to 8 feet wide and 6 feet high — are only permitted in line with or behind lifeguard towers on Main Beach and the southernmost section of Aliso Beach.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Last September a new museum opened in Miami’s oldest skyscraper, a Mediterranean Revival building from 1925 modeled after the majestic Giralda cathedral tower in Seville, Spain.

— Ada Ferrer, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

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Harry last saw his father in February 2024, shortly after it was announced that the monarch was undergoing treatment for cancer, though the palace never specified the type.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
The actress and the musician, who tied the knot in December 2018, selected a royal palace in India for their two back-to-back weddings.

— Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

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Internal balconies were illuminated by faint blue lights in constellation displays, half-hidden among the foliage to create an illusion of the external edifice of some tropical villa.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
The rest of the album splits the difference between this newfound scrappiness and the skyscraping edifices Madeon built his name on.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

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