cathedral vs house

cathedral

noun
  • A large, impressive, lofty, and/or important building or place of some other kind. 

  • A large or important church building. 

  • The principal church of an archbishop's/bishop's archdiocese/diocese which contains an episcopal throne. 

  • A large buttressed structure built by certain termites. 

adj
  • Relating to the throne or the see of a bishop. 

name
  • In certain right-wing conspiracy theories, the mainstream system or establishment of society, held to be liberal or leftist and to be working against the interests of the people or nation, which is both. 

house

noun
  • A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word). 

  • House music. 

  • A workhouse. 

  • An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection. 

  • A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities. 

  • A theatre. 

  • An apartment building within a public housing estate. 

  • One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart. 

  • A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one. 

  • Size and quality of residential accommodations. 

  • The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice. 

  • A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier. 

  • A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof. 

  • The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance. 

  • Lotto; bingo. 

  • A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household. 

  • A small stand of trees in a swamp. 

  • A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku. 

  • The people who live in a house; a household. 

  • A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these. 

  • A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature. 

  • The fourth Lenormand card. 

  • A place of rest or repose. 

  • A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings. 

verb
  • To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses. 

  • To admit to residence; to harbor. 

  • To contain or cover mechanical parts. 

  • To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole. 

  • To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge. 

  • To eat. 

  • To keep within a structure or container. 

  • To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe. 

How often have the words cathedral and house occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )