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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

At the end of the service, four F-35 fighter jets flew over the cathedral in a "missing man" formation.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

I went to the pilgrim Mass and saw the famous thurible swing through the cathedral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

I thought I would cry when I saw the cathedral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Going down the streets in the morning on the way to mass in the cathedral, I heard them singing through the open doors of the shops.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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

The model is one of four to have been made from Lego bricks alongside similar builds at Durham, Exeter and Chester cathedrals.

From BBC ● May 26, 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

It is the most powerful and productive of the things human beings have learned to do together in many centuries, more effective than farming, or hunting and fishing, or building cathedrals, or making money.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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