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Cathedral :: Cathedral (a.) Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative..

Enthronization :: Enthronization (n.) The act of enthroning; hence, the admission of a bishop to his stall or throne in his cathedral..

Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean..

Close :: Close (v. t.) An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey..

Domino :: Domino (n.) A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.

Kremlin :: Kremlin (n.) The citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel of Moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc..

Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice..

Canon :: Canon (n.) A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

Precentor :: Precentor (n.) The leader of the choir in a cathedral; -- called also the chanter or master of the choir.

Galilee :: Galilee (n.) A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals..

Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..

Cathedral :: Cathedral (n.) The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne..

Prebendary :: Prebendary (n.) A clergyman attached to a collegiate or cathedral church who enjoys a prebend in consideration of his officiating at stated times in the church. See Note under Benefice, n., 3..

Sacrist :: Sacrist (n.) A sacristan; also, a person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir, and take care of the books..

Design :: Design (n.) To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral..

Canonry :: Canonry (n. pl.) A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.

Lateran :: Lateran (n.) The church and palace of St. John Lateran, the church being the cathedral church of Rome, and the highest in rank of all churches in the Catholic world..

Capitulary :: Capitulary (a.) Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.

Subcircular :: Subchanter (n.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor.

Cathedral :: Cathedral (a.) Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service..

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