CATHEDRAL in a Sentence

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All the magnificence of these humble parishes combined would not have sufficed to clothe the chorister of a cathedral properly.

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 Meanings and Examples of CATHEDRAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cathedral
 n.  church; temple
Classic Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1  After the delivery of that sermon, it was observed that he gave a sou every Sunday to the poor old beggar-women at the door of the cathedral.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
2  In the morning he meditated for an hour, then he said his mass, either at the cathedral or in his own house.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO...
3  The door of the dining-room, which, as we have said, opened directly on the cathedral square, had formerly been ornamented with locks and bolts like the door of a prison.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
4  He even pushed as far as Embrun, entered the cathedral one night, and despoiled the sacristy.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
5  All the magnificence of these humble parishes combined would not have sufficed to clothe the chorister of a cathedral properly.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
6  As to what became of "the treasure" of the cathedral of Embrun, we should be embarrassed by any inquiry in that direction.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
7  full of jewels, all the jewels of the cathedral of Embrun, which the.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER
8  The Bishop sent for him, reproved him gently, and appointed him beadle in the cathedral.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A RESTRICTION
9  A marriage should be royal and chimerical; it should promenade its ceremony from the cathedral of Rheims to the pagoda of Chanteloup.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—THE TWO OLD MEN DO EVERYTHING, EACH ONE AFTER ...
10  would agree, it was entirely his decision - just see the cathedral and to do so thoroughly.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
11  He spent the time still remaining to him with a dictionary, copying out obscure words he would need to guide the Italian round the cathedral.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
12  thanked her hurriedly and told her it was impossible for him to talk now as he had to go to the cathedral.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
13  He took a taxi to the cathedral, at the last moment he had remembered the album that he had had no opportunity to give to the Italian earlier and so took it with him now.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
14  The cathedral also seemed quite empty, of course no-one would think of going there on a day like this.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
15  went back to the main entrance, stood there indecisively for a while, and then walked round the cathedral in the rain in case the Italian was waiting at another entrance.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Nine In the Cathedral
Example Sentence:
1  After exploring the old part of town there is a guided tour of the cathedral.
2  Stories about ghosts in the cathedral have entered the mythology of the town.
3  Walk down Castle Street and admire our little jewel of a cathedral.
4  Walk down Castle Street, admire our little jewel of a cathedral, then wonder at the castle.
5  The cathedral is a venerable building.
6  You can't help but be humbled when you enter this cathedral.
7  This street offers a fine vista of the cathedral.
8  We were impressed by the sheer size of the cathedral.
9  Pollution has decayed the surface of the stonework on the front of the cathedral.
10  I have seen their grave; it formed part of the pavement of a huge churchyard surrounding the grim, soot-black old cathedral of an overgrown manufacturing town in shire.
11  Beggars waited just outside the entry way to the cathedral.
12  The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the fresco by Giotto.
13  In a small room adjoining the cathedral, visitors can see this ornately decorated chalice made by famous European goldsmith.
14  Thanks to the thick, sound-absorbing walls of the cathedral, only muted traffic noise reached the worshippers within.
15  But the only way to “complete” the game and earn the ultimate Tower rating, is to build an actual cathedral into the edifice and then wait for someone to get married there.