different between monastery vs cathedral

English

Alternative forms

• monasterie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French monastere, from Latin monast?rium, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (monast?rion, “hermit's cell”), from ????? (mónos, “alone”). Doublet of minster.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?n?st?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n?st??i/, /?m?n?st??i/

Noun

monastery (plural monasteries)

1. Building for housing monks or others who have taken religious vows

Related terms

• monasterial
• monastic
• monasticism

Translations

See also

• abbey
• cloister
• convent
• friary
• minster

Anagrams

• asteronym, myronates, nasometry, oysterman

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???i?.d??l/

Etymology 1

From Middle English cathedral, chathedral, cathiderall, from Old French [Term?], from Latin cathedr?lis, from cathedra +? -?lis.

Adjective

cathedral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the throne or the see of a bishop.

Related terms

• cathedratic

Translations

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of cathedral church, from Middle English chirche cathederall, cathedrall chirch, calque of Late Latin eccl?sia cathedr?lis (“church having a bishop's seat”), from Latin eccl?sia +? cathedr?lis.

Noun

cathedral (plural cathedrals)

1. A big church building, central place for some area.
2. The principal church of an archbishop's/bishop's archdiocese/diocese which contains an episcopal throne.
3. A large buttressed structure built by certain termites.

Derived terms

• cathedral ceiling
• cathedral termite

Translations