Church vs. Cathedral

Churchnoun

(countable) A Christian house of worship; a building where religious services take place.

Churchnoun

Christians collectively seen as a single spiritual community; Christianity.

Churchnoun

(countable) A local group of people who follow the same Christian religious beliefs, local or general.

Churchnoun

(countable) A particular denomination of Christianity.

Churchnoun

Christian worship held at a church; service.

Churchnoun

A (non-Christian) religion; a religious group.

Churchnoun

assembly

Churchverb

To conduct a religious service for (a woman) after childbirth.

Churchverb

(transitive) To educate someone religiously, as in in a church.

Churchnoun

A building set apart for Christian worship.

Churchnoun

A Jewish or heathen temple.

Churchnoun

A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.

Churchnoun

A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.

Churchnoun

The collective body of Christians.

Churchnoun

Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

Churchnoun

The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.

Churchverb

To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

Churchnoun

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

Churchnoun

a place for public (especially Christian) worship;

Churchnoun

a service conducted in a church;

Churchnoun

the body of people who attend or belong to a particular local church;

Churchverb

perform a special church rite or service for;

Cathedralnoun

A big church building, central place for some area.

Cathedralnoun

The principal church of an archbishop's/bishop's archdiocese/diocese which contains an episcopal throne.

Cathedralnoun

A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.

Cathedraladjective

Relating to the throne or the see of a bishop

Cathedralnoun

The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

Cathedraladjective

Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service.

Cathedraladjective

Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.

Cathedraladjective

Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks.

Cathedralnoun

any large and important church

Cathedralnoun

the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese

Cathedraladjective

relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne;

Cathedral

A cathedral is a church that contains the cathedra (Latin for 'seat') of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and some Lutheran churches.