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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 3

cathedral

noun

Definition

a large important church

In a sentence

The medieval cathedral had stained-glass windows.

Similar words

  • church

Why this word matters: cathedral appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.