Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Bischofskirche
English translation:
cathedral
Added to glossary by
Kurt Beals
Mar 21, 2004 21:31
20 yrs ago
German term
United States
Professional quality, reasonable prices
Native in: English (Variants: US, US South) 
Works in: German to English
Bischofskirche
German to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
Seit 2003 wird in Deutschland in über 1.000 Kirchen aller Denominationen, darunter neun katholische Bischofskirchen und so berühmte protestantische Kirchen wie die Schlosskirche in Wittenberg, wo Luther seine Thesen an die Tür schlug, und die benachbarte Stadtkirche, wo der weltweit erste evangelische Gottesdienst gefeiert wurde, mein Buch... angeboten.
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| 4 +4 | cathedral |
Margaret Marks
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| 2 | diocesan church |
Jonathan MacKerron
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cathedral
Cathedra is the bishop's seat
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I see my confidence has been \"adjusted\". What rubbish! (No offence to agreers intended).
Nearly always Dom = Bischofskirche in my experience. Sometimes it is just used to vary the terminology. Sometimes something has the title Dom but they say \'no longer a Bischofskirche\'. So to Jonathan\'s \'wouldn\'t the author have used ...?\', I have no idea, but I suspect not. Incidentally, I can\'t remember ever seeing the plural of Dom (here it should be dative \'Domen\', although strangely the whole thing looks accusative - was it written by a non-native speaker?)
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I see my confidence has been \"adjusted\". What rubbish! (No offence to agreers intended).
Nearly always Dom = Bischofskirche in my experience. Sometimes it is just used to vary the terminology. Sometimes something has the title Dom but they say \'no longer a Bischofskirche\'. So to Jonathan\'s \'wouldn\'t the author have used ...?\', I have no idea, but I suspect not. Incidentally, I can\'t remember ever seeing the plural of Dom (here it should be dative \'Domen\', although strangely the whole thing looks accusative - was it written by a non-native speaker?)
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10 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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diocesan church
is my first impression
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gets nearly 8000 googles!
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\" bishopric church \"?
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the only direct reference I can find anywhere is in the Wörterbuch für Architektur, Hochbau und Baustoff which claims \"episcopal church\"?
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Note added at 11 mins (2004-03-21 21:42:44 GMT)
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gets nearly 8000 googles!
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Note added at 13 mins (2004-03-21 21:44:36 GMT)
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\" bishopric church \"?
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Note added at 10 hrs 28 mins (2004-03-22 07:59:11 GMT)
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the only direct reference I can find anywhere is in the Wörterbuch für Architektur, Hochbau und Baustoff which claims \"episcopal church\"?
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