cathedral vs temple

cathedral

noun
  • A large or important church building. 

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

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

  • A large buttressed structure built by certain termites. 

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. 

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

temple

noun
  • A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith. 

  • Any place regarded as holding a religious presence. 

  • A gesture wherein the forefingers are outstretched and touch pad to pad while the other fingers are clasped together. 

  • Anything regarded as important or minutely cared for. 

  • The slightly flatter region, on either side of the human head, behind of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch, and forward of the ear. 

  • A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely. 

  • Synonym of synagogue, especially a non-Orthodox synagogue. 

  • As opposed to an LDS meetinghouse, a church closed to non-Mormons and necessary for particular rituals. 

  • A Buddhist monastery, as opposed to a Shinto shrine. 

  • A meeting house of the Oddfellows fraternity; its members. 

  • Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them. 

  • Any place seen as an important centre for some activity. 

verb
  • To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; to temple a god 

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