Cattedrale Chiesa
"Church" in English means chiesa in Italian.
"Small church" in English means piccola chiesa in Italian.
La chiesa in Italian means "the church" in English.
"We missed you in church today" in English is Ci siete mancati in chiesa oggi in Italian.
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Dove sta la chiesa cattolica? is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "Where is the Catholic church?" The pronunciation of the feminine singular phrase in the present indicative will be "DO-vey sta la KYEH-za kat-TO-lee-ka" in Italian.
Arcivescovile is an Italian equivalent of the English word "archiepiscopal." The feminine/masculine singular adjective relates to the Church's archbishop or archbishopric. The pronunciation will be "AR-tchee-VEY-sko-VEE-ley" in Italian.
Grazie! is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "Thank you!" Benigne serves as the Latin equivalent. The respective pronunciations will be "GRA-tsyey" in Italian and "beh-NIHG-ney" in classical Latin and "beh-NEE-nyey" in Church Latin.
A Cathedral is a Christian Church that contains the seat of a Bishop. A Parish church that was formerly a Cathedral is known as 'Proto Cathedral'. A Parish church temporarily serving as a Cathedral is known as a 'Pro Cathedral' The removal of a Bishops seat from a Cathedral deprives that church of its Cathedral status. So, a Bishop placing his seat in a Church can elevate the Church to Cathedral status
Andiamo alla chiesa! and Andiamo in chiesa! are Italian equivalents of the English phrase "Let's go to church!" Context makes clear whether a specific church (case 1) or not (example 2) suits. The respective pronunciations will be "an-DYA-mo AL-la KYEH-za" and "an-DYA-mo een KYEH-za" in Italian.
Piccolo ombrello is a literal Italian equivalent of the English word "small umbrella." Another equivalent, ombrellino, references specifically one of three of the Church's processional umbrellas. The pronunciation will be "PEEK-ko-lo om-BREL-lo" in Italian.
A cathedral is a church which is the seat of a bishop; the word "cathedral" comes from the Latin for "chair" - cathedra. So it is generally up to the church authorities when to make a church a cathedral.