cathedral : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cathedral	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for cathedral
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cathedral adj relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne; "a cathedral church" n any large and important church the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese Synonym(s): cathedral, duomo
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cathedral \Ca*the"dral\, n. [LL. cathedralis (sc. ecclesia): cf. F. cath[82]drale. See {Cathedra}.] The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cathedral \Cathe"dral\, a. [LL. cathedralis: cf. F. cath[82]dral.] 1. Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral* church; cathedral service. 2. Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative. Now, what solemnity can be more required for the pope to make a cathedral determination of an article! --Jer. Taylor. 3. Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks. --Pope.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
cathedral n.,adj. [see {bazaar} for derivation] The `classical' mode of software engineering long thought to be necessarily implied by {Brooks's Law}. Features small teams, tight project control, and long release intervals. This term came into use after analysis of the Linux experience suggested there might be something wrong (or at least incomplete) in the classical assumptions.