Cathedral

In ecclesiastical law. A tract set apart for the service of the church. The church of the bishop; so called from the fact that his cathedra or official chair is therein located.

A tract set apart for the service of the church. After the establishment of Christianity, the emperors and other great men gav< tracts of land whereon the first places of public worship were erected,— which were called cathedral, catl sees, or seats, from the clergy's residence thereon. And when churches were afterwards built in the country, and the clergy were sent out from the cathedrals to officiate therein, the cathedral or head, uiained to the bishop, with some of the chief of the clergy as his assistants.

In English ecclesiastical law. The church of the bishop of the diocese, in which is his cathedra or throne, and his special Jurisdiction; in that respect the principal church of the diocese.

— Cathedral preferments. In English ecclesiastical law. All deaneries, archdeaconries, and eanonries, and generally all dignities and offices in any cathedral or collegiate church, below the rank of a bishop.

In English ecclesiastical law. The chureh of the bishop of the diocese, in which is his cathedra, or throne, and his special jurisdiction; in that respect the principal church of the diocese.