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ca·the·dral
kə-ˈthē-drəl 
1
: of, relating to, or containing a cathedra
2
: emanating from a chair of authority
3
: suggestive of a cathedral
a cathedral grove of redwoods
1
: a church that is the official seat of a diocesan bishop
2
: something that resembles or suggests a cathedral (as in size or importance)
a cathedral of business
the sports cathedral
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Noun
the company didn't want just a new office building—it demanded a cathedral that proclaimed its place among the giants of finance
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Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Medieval cathedral builders spent years on foundations that would never be seen.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
From the garden, there were views of Bayeux’s cathedral across the street.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 24 July 2025
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Adjective
The most successful cathedral companies also embed long-term thinking into governance structures.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Medieval cathedral builders spent years on foundations that would never be seen.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
As painting raced from sunlit Impressionism to Cubist abstraction in a single generation, its subjects looked backward: to Gothic cathedrals, to a bohemian café-table culture already passing away.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 28 July 2025
From the garden, there were views of Bayeux’s cathedral across the street.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 24 July 2025
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“Cathedral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cathedral. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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