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cathedral

noun

Definition of cathedral

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 This devotion had sustained the generations who built the great cathedral at Chartres. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Here were once waterfront villas, a cathedral, a busy market frequented by tourists. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 One of Lichtenstein’s takes on Monet in this show features the cathedral buried beneath a matrix of black dots set atop a deep blue background, in what may count as an allusion to Ad Reinhardt’s blue-on-blue abstractions of the ’50s. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 In the time since, the show has traveled to nearly 30 cathedrals across Europe and the Americas, selling just over 2 million tickets. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cathedral

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The rooms Most of the 297 rooms and suites occupy a 30-storey tower added in the ’90s, where champagne tones, glossy dark woods, and silk accents meet impeccable detail.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Banyan is rechristening the Atlanta Financial Center into APEX Atlanta and has confirmed one of its three office towers will be transformed into residences, according to a news release from Newmark, Banyan’s leasing agent.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026

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The palace said all conditions attached to Najib's conditional pardon had been fulfilled and that the royal prerogative of pardon must be respected.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026
The seat of the Chilean president, this palace was bombed during the coup, resulting in one of the most memorable images from that day.

— Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026

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Roosevelt erected an edifice of regulation and public assistance where nothing of the kind had existed in American history.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
The ornate Spanish Colonial edifice has elicited curiosity from those unfamiliar with its significance.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Nov. 2026

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