as in tower
a large, magnificent, or massive building
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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Recent Examples of cathedral
The tour begins in Bilbao, with visits to the iconic Guggenheim Museum and a cruise on the Nervión River, followed by a drive south to Burgos (which is not in the Basque Country but rather the autonomous community of Castile-Leon) for a tour of the city's Gothic cathedral.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 July 2025
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
Boilers, silos, and turbine halls are postindustrial cathedrals awaiting exploration and reinterpretation.
—Adam Williams
july 23, New Atlas, 23 July 2025
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 July 2025
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
Boilers, silos, and turbine halls are postindustrial cathedrals awaiting exploration and reinterpretation.
—Adam Williams
july 23, New Atlas, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cathedral
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With its own helicopter pad on the top of the 38-story tower, the Rolls-Royce showroom and Houston's only Bugatti dealership on the ground floor, you will be immersed in luxury from head to toe.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement Now suppose there’s also a post by your uncle falsely claiming that COVID was caused by 5G towers.—
Noah Giansiracusa,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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American Chinese cuisine and old school Tiki bars crashed together in 2022 at Wusong — a castle of cocktails, a vault of vintage decor, a palace of pupu platters (try the vegetarian version).—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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Yet again, in the same year, the King spent almost £9 million on palaces, parties, and posh cars.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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If all the technology packed into the new theater suggests a cold, futuristic steel edifice, the reality is quite the opposite.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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Here are a few of our favorites from the Northeast: Gilette Castle State Park, Connecticut Located in East Haddam, Gillette Castle stands atop a hill overlooking the Connecticut River and at first glance looks like an edifice straight out of Game of Thrones.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
11 June 2025
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“Cathedral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cathedral. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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