In einer eMail vom 02.08.2006 02:34:24 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerze schreibt [email protected]: Now I must reveal my considerable ignorance of things English. What is the difference between a Cathedral and a church? I thought a cathedral was just a big church but it appears that there is more to it. Thanks, Ruth And from an earlier reply: --- it was the mother parish church, to be precise the collegiate and parish church. What exactly is or was a collegiate church. The dictionary definitions are not much help. My g grandfather was the proprietor of a collegiate school. How does this differ from an ordinary school? Cheers, Graham