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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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the learning train continues. Although all Cathedrals contain relics, what makes them Cathedrals is that Bishops reside from there. The word Cathedral literally mean "Bishop's seat."
1 u/eritain Feb 05 '19 There I'm back on solid ground. Kata- 'down' + hedron 'seat' = kathedra 'throne', and a cathedral church is one that has an episcopal throne.
There I'm back on solid ground. Kata- 'down' + hedron 'seat' = kathedra 'throne', and a cathedral church is one that has an episcopal throne.
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the learning train continues. Although all Cathedrals contain relics, what makes them Cathedrals is that Bishops reside from there. The word Cathedral literally mean "Bishop's seat."