Is the word "cathedral" being used in a non-traditional sense in reference to Sandpoint? Usually it means that it's the headquarters of the local bishop, but in "Burnt Offerings" it seems to be more of a reference to architectural style. Is this correct?
Also, was magic involved in its construction? Real world mediaeval cathedrals often took a century to build, but Sandpoint's took less than five years.
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Is the word "cathedral" being used in a non-traditional sense in reference to Sandpoint? Usually it means that it's the headquarters of the local bishop, but in "Burnt Offerings" it seems to be more of a reference to architectural style. Is this correct?
Also, was magic involved in its construction? Real world mediaeval cathedrals often took a century to build, but Sandpoint's took less than five years.
It just means "bigger" in this sense.
And dwarves are hard workers.
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Is the word "cathedral" being used in a non-traditional sense in reference to Sandpoint? Usually it means that it's the headquarters of the local bishop, but in "Burnt Offerings" it seems to be more of a reference to architectural style. Is this correct?
Also, was magic involved in its construction? Real world mediaeval cathedrals often took a century to build, but Sandpoint's took less than five years.
Cathedral is simply used as a word to indicate "big church" in Sandpoint. It's not quite as impressive an architectural feat as the enormous cathedrals in Europe, really, but it's still a pretty impressive building. And I suspect that magic was indeed involved at some point during its construction to hasten its building.
Thanks! I'll work in some dwarfish construction worker backgrounds, and hint at visiting conjurers or some such. This should be fun. :)
The word cathedral is derived from the Latin noun "cathedra" (seat or chair), and refers to the presence of the bishop's (or archbishop's) chair or throne. In the ancient world, the chair was the symbol of a teacher (and thus of the bishop's role as teacher), and also of an official presiding as a magistrate (and thus of the bishop's role in governing a diocese).
The word cathedral, though now grammatically used as a noun, is originally the adjective in the phrase "cathedral church", from the Latin "ecclesia cathedralis". The seat marks the place set aside in the prominent church of the diocese for the head of that diocese and is therefore a major symbol of authority.
-Wikipedia definition