cathedral
/kəˈθiːdrəl/noun
- the principal church of a diocese, with which the bishop is officially associated主教座堂, 教区总教堂：
in names St Paul's Cathedral.圣保罗大教堂。
词源
Middle English （as an adjective， the noun being short for cathedral church 'the church which contains the bishop's throne'）： from late Latin cathedralis, from Latin cathedra 'seat'， from Greek kathedra.