In some forms of Christianity, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. A cathedral ( from Lat. cathedra, "seat" ) is a Christian church that contains the seat of a...
ive read a cathedral is so named because it is/was were the chair for a bishop is/was held . (latin-chair)
A minster is a church which would have originaly housed monks etc to go out to preach to...
A Cathedral is a particular Church in every diocese that is the Bishop's Church, it takes its name because of the Cathedra which is in that Church. A Cathedra is a bishop's throne. A abbey is the...