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cathedral

[kuh-thee-druhl] / kəˈθi drəl /


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It was—exactly as the Bestiary had said—as large as a cathedral.

From Literature

"She also changed the lives of so many people for the better with her books, my wife being one of them," he told media outside the cathedral.

From BBC

For part of the ceremony, the cathedral in effect became a courthouse where legal rites, written down in 1533 but with their origins much earlier, were enacted.

From BBC

Stevens has collected an estimated thousand kilos of used candles from cathedrals, churches and charity shops, so he can personally deliver them to the frontline.

From BBC

She moves quickly from caves to cathedrals and their architecture, including King’s College Chapel, in Cambridge, with its soaring 16th-century ceiling—the world’s largest fan vault, ribbed in interlocking patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal